#8E5ABE#8E5ABE

#8E5ABE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.155 H 306.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5ABE
RGB	rgb(142, 90, 190)
HSL	hsl(271, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(271, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 52.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.98, 40.70, -44.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.98, 60.43, 312.33°)
OKLab	oklab(56.86% 0.0914 -0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(56.86% 0.155 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.1038, 16.7810, 50.6745)
Luminance	0.1678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5ABE #8ABE5A

analogous

#5C5ABE #8E5ABE #BE5ABC

triadic

#8E5ABE #BE8E5A #5ABE8E

tetradic

#8E5ABE #BE5C5A #8ABE5A #5ABCBE

square

#8E5ABE #BE5C5A #8ABE5A #5ABCBE

split-complementary

#8E5ABE #BCBE5A #5ABE5C

monochromatic

#502D71 #6F3E9D #8E5ABE #AC86CF #CAB2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#8E5ABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#8E5ABE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5ABE

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5ABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5ABE	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B70C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B72BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#866C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5abe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 90, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.155 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28ad2',
    500: '#8e5abe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5abe;
$custom-light: #b28ad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5abe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.2,
    "s": 43.478,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56857,
    "c": 0.15527,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5ABE

secondary

#B9CFA5

accent

#D35591

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#110C14

muted

#807D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5ABE

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

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