#8E5ABC#8E5ABC

#8E5ABC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.153 H 306.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5ABC
RGB	rgb(142, 90, 188)
HSL	hsl(272, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(272, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 52.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.87, 40.22, -43.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.87, 59.38, 312.63°)
OKLab	oklab(56.74% 0.0913 -0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(56.74% 0.153 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.8867, 16.6942, 49.5311)
Luminance	0.1669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5ABC #88BC5A

analogous

#5D5ABC #8E5ABC #BC5AB9

triadic

#8E5ABC #BC8E5A #5ABC8E

tetradic

#8E5ABC #BC5D5A #88BC5A #5AB9BC

square

#8E5ABC #BC5D5A #88BC5A #5AB9BC

split-complementary

#8E5ABC #B9BC5A #5ABC5D

monochromatic

#502D6F #6F3F9A #8E5ABC #AC86CE #CAB1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#8E5ABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#8E5ABC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5ABC

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5ABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5ABC	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C70BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C72BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#876B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5abc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 90, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.153 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18ad0',
    500: '#8e5abc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5abc;
$custom-light: #b18ad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5abc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.837,
    "s": 42.241,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56739,
    "c": 0.15287,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5ABC

secondary

#B8CEA4

accent

#D25690

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#110C14

muted

#807D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5ABC

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

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