#8E55E2#8E55E2

#8E55E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.205 H 298.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E55E2
RGB	rgb(142, 85, 226)
HSL	hsl(264, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(264, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 62.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.18, 52.26, -63.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.18, 82.14, 309.51°)
OKLab	oklab(58.44% 0.0976 -0.1803)
OKLCH	oklch(58.44% 0.205 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.1279, 17.7384, 73.8787)
Luminance	0.1774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E55E2 #A9E255

analogous

#5562E2 #8E55E2 #D455E2

triadic

#8E55E2 #E28E55 #55E28E

tetradic

#8E55E2 #E25562 #A9E255 #55E2D4

square

#8E55E2 #E25562 #A9E255 #55E2D4

split-complementary

#8E55E2 #E2D455 #62E255

monochromatic

#521BA1 #6C24D5 #8E55E2 #B189EB #D4BEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#8E55E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#8E55E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E55E2

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E55E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E55E2	1.00	4.62	4.55	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D73DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B7494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e55e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 85, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.205 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b488ec',
    500: '#8e55e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e55e2;
$custom-light: #b488ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e55e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.255,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5844,
    "c": 0.20504,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E55E2

secondary

#CEE4AF

accent

#D31385

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E55E2

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

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