#8E55DD#8E55DD

#8E55DD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.199 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E55DD
RGB	rgb(142, 85, 221)
HSL	hsl(265, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(265, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 61.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.84, 51.01, -61.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.84, 79.57, 309.87°)
OKLab	oklab(58.09% 0.0979 -0.1736)
OKLCH	oklch(58.09% 0.199 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4518, 17.4680, 70.3180)
Luminance	0.1747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E55DD #A4DD55

analogous

#5560DD #8E55DD #D255DD

triadic

#8E55DD #DD8E55 #55DD8E

tetradic

#8E55DD #DD5560 #A4DD55 #55DDD2

square

#8E55DD #DD5560 #A4DD55 #55DDD2

split-complementary

#8E55DD #DDD255 #60DD55

monochromatic

#521F99 #6D29CC #8E55DD #B088E7 #D2BBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#8E55DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#8E55DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E55DD

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E55DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E55DD	1.00	4.67	4.49	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E73DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D7391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e55dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 85, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.199 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b488e8',
    500: '#8e55dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e55dd;
$custom-light: #b488e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e55dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.147,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58093,
    "c": 0.19929,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E55DD

secondary

#CBE1AD

accent

#EA3EA2

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E55DD

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

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