#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
RGBrgb(142, 85, 217)
HSLhsl(266, 63%, 59%)
HSVhsv(266, 61%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(34.6%, 60.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(48.58, 50.01, -59.22)
CIE-LCHlch(48.58, 77.51, 310.18°)
OKLaboklab(57.82% 0.0981 -0.1681)
OKLCHoklch(57.82% 0.195 300.3)
XYZxyz(26.9252, 17.2573, 67.5447)
Luminance0.1726 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##8E55D91.004.724.454.72
#FFFFFF4.721.0021.001.00
#0000004.4521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.721.0021.001.00

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

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#8E55D9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva