#8E55D5#8E55D5

#8E55D5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.190 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E55D5
RGB	rgb(142, 85, 213)
HSL	hsl(267, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(267, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 60.1%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.33, 49.01, -57.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.33, 75.45, 310.52°)
OKLab	oklab(57.55% 0.0983 -0.1626)
OKLCH	oklch(57.55% 0.19 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4112, 17.0518, 64.8378)
Luminance	0.1705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E55D5 #9CD555

analogous

#555CD5 #8E55D5 #CE55D5

triadic

#8E55D5 #D58E55 #55D58E

tetradic

#8E55D5 #D5555C #9CD555 #55D5CE

square

#8E55D5 #D5555C #9CD555 #55D5CE

split-complementary

#8E55D5 #D5CE55 #5CD555

monochromatic

#52238D #6F2FBE #8E55D5 #AF86E1 #CFB7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#8E55D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#8E55D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E55D5

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E55D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E55D5	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0272D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D72D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F708D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e55d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 85, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.190 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b387e3',
    500: '#8e55d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e55d5;
$custom-light: #b387e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e55d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.719,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5755,
    "c": 0.19003,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E55D5

secondary

#C6DCA9

accent

#E4449D

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110B15

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E55D5

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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