#8E55D9#8E55D9

#8E55D9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.195 H 300.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E55D9
RGB	rgb(142, 85, 217)
HSL	hsl(266, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(266, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 60.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.58, 50.01, -59.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.58, 77.51, 310.18°)
OKLab	oklab(57.82% 0.0981 -0.1681)
OKLCH	oklch(57.82% 0.195 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.9252, 17.2573, 67.5447)
Luminance	0.1726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E55D9 #A0D955

analogous

#555ED9 #8E55D9 #D055D9

triadic

#8E55D9 #D98E55 #55D98E

tetradic

#8E55D9 #D9555E #A0D955 #55D9D0

square

#8E55D9 #D9555E #A0D955 #55D9D0

split-complementary

#8E55D9 #D9D055 #5ED955

monochromatic

#522193 #6E2CC5 #8E55D9 #AF87E4 #D0B9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#8E55D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#8E55D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E55D9

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E55D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E55D9	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2672D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E718F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e55d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 85, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.195 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b487e5',
    500: '#8e55d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e55d9;
$custom-light: #b487e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e55d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.909,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5782,
    "c": 0.19467,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E55D9

secondary

#C8DFAB

accent

#E6419F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E55D9

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

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