#8E55E6#8E55E6

#8E55E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.210 H 297.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E55E6
RGB	rgb(142, 85, 230)
HSL	hsl(264, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(264, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 63%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.45, 53.27, -65.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.45, 84.19, 309.25°)
OKLab	oklab(58.72% 0.0973 -0.1857)
OKLCH	oklch(58.72% 0.21 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.6831, 17.9605, 76.8031)
Luminance	0.1796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E55E6 #ADE655

analogous

#5565E6 #8E55E6 #D655E6

triadic

#8E55E6 #E68E55 #55E68E

tetradic

#8E55E6 #E65565 #ADE655 #55E6D6

square

#8E55E6 #E65565 #ADE655 #55E6D6

split-complementary

#8E55E6 #E6D655 #65E655

monochromatic

#5119A8 #6B21DD #8E55E6 #B18AEE #D5C0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#8E55E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#8E55E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E55E6

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E55E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E55E6	1.00	4.57	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0074E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#797696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e55e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 85, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.210 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b588ef',
    500: '#8e55e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e55e6;
$custom-light: #b588ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e55e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.586,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58722,
    "c": 0.20962,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E55E6

secondary

#D1E6B1

accent

#D60F88

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E55E6

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

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