#8E55EE#8E55EE

#8E55EE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.219 H 296.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E55EE
RGB	rgb(142, 85, 238)
HSL	hsl(262, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(262, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 64.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.00, 55.31, -68.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.00, 88.27, 308.80°)
OKLab	oklab(59.3% 0.0966 -0.1963)
OKLCH	oklch(59.3% 0.219 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8324, 18.4202, 82.8560)
Luminance	0.1842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E55EE #B5EE55

analogous

#5568EE #8E55EE #DA55EE

triadic

#8E55EE #EE8E55 #55EE8E

tetradic

#8E55EE #EE5568 #B5EE55 #55EEDA

square

#8E55EE #EE5568 #B5EE55 #55EEDA

split-complementary

#8E55EE #EEDA55 #68EE55

monochromatic

#4F12B6 #691DE8 #8E55EE #B38DF4 #D8C4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#8E55EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#8E55EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E55EE

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E55EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E55EE	1.00	4.48	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0075EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76799A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e55ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 85, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.219 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b588f4',
    500: '#8e55ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e55ee;
$custom-light: #b588f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e55ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.353,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59297,
    "c": 0.21874,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E55EE

secondary

#D6EBB4

accent

#DE078E

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E55EE

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

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