#8E5ACE#8E5ACE

#8E5ACE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.174 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5ACE
RGB	rgb(142, 90, 206)
HSL	hsl(267, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(267, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 56.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.91, 44.59, -52.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.91, 68.82, 310.39°)
OKLab	oklab(57.84% 0.0922 -0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(57.84% 0.175 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.9495, 17.5193, 60.3950)
Luminance	0.1752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5ACE #9ACE5A

analogous

#5A60CE #8E5ACE #C85ACE

triadic

#8E5ACE #CE8E5A #5ACE8E

tetradic

#8E5ACE #CE5A60 #9ACE5A #5ACEC8

square

#8E5ACE #CE5A60 #9ACE5A #5ACEC8

split-complementary

#8E5ACE #CEC85A #60CE5A

monochromatic

#522886 #6F36B5 #8E5ACE #AE89DC #CFB8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#8E5ACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#8E5ACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5ACE

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5ACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5ACE	1.00	4.66	4.50	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2973D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D74CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82718B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5ace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 90, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.174 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38add',
    500: '#8e5ace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5ace;
$custom-light: #b38add;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5ace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.897,
    "s": 54.206,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57837,
    "c": 0.1745,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5ACE

secondary

#C4D9AB

accent

#DE4A9C

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5ACE

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

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