#8E5AE5#8E5AE5

#8E5AE5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.202 H 297.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5AE5
RGB	rgb(142, 90, 229)
HSL	hsl(262, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(262, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 60.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.36, 50.39, -63.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.36, 80.80, 308.59°)
OKLab	oklab(59.36% 0.0918 -0.1797)
OKLCH	oklch(59.36% 0.202 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.9507, 18.7198, 76.2015)
Luminance	0.1872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5AE5 #B1E55A

analogous

#5A6BE5 #8E5AE5 #D35AE5

triadic

#8E5AE5 #E58E5A #5AE58E

tetradic

#8E5AE5 #E55A6B #B1E55A #5AE5D3

square

#8E5AE5 #E55A6B #B1E55A #5AE5D3

split-complementary

#8E5AE5 #E5D35A #6BE55A

monochromatic

#501BAA #6A25DD #8E5AE5 #B28FED #D6C4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#8E5AE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#8E5AE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5AE5

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5AE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5AE5	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1776E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#797997

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5ae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 90, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.202 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48bee',
    500: '#8e5ae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5ae5;
$custom-light: #b48bee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5ae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.446,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59361,
    "c": 0.20179,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5AE5

secondary

#D4E7B4

accent

#D5118B

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5AE5

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

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