#8E5ABA#8E5ABA

#8E5ABA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.150 H 307.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5ABA
RGB	rgb(142, 90, 186)
HSL	hsl(273, 41%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(273, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 51.6%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.76, 39.75, -42.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.76, 58.34, 312.94°)
OKLab	oklab(56.62% 0.0911 -0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(56.62% 0.15 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.6726, 16.6085, 48.4035)
Luminance	0.1661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5ABA #86BA5A

analogous

#5E5ABA #8E5ABA #BA5AB6

triadic

#8E5ABA #BA8E5A #5ABA8E

tetradic

#8E5ABA #BA5E5A #86BA5A #5AB6BA

square

#8E5ABA #BA5E5A #86BA5A #5AB6BA

split-complementary

#8E5ABA #B6BA5A #5ABA5E

monochromatic

#4F2D6C #6F3F97 #8E5ABA #AC85CC #C9B0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#8E5ABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#8E5ABA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5ABA

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5ABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5ABA	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E6FBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E72B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#876B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5aba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 90, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.150 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18acf',
    500: '#8e5aba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5aba;
$custom-light: #b18acf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5aba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.5,
    "s": 41.026,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56623,
    "c": 0.15045,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5ABA

secondary

#B6CCA3

accent

#D1578F

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#110C14

muted

#807D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5ABA

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

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