#8E5AE7#8E5AE7

#8E5AE7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.204 H 296.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5AE7
RGB	rgb(142, 90, 231)
HSL	hsl(262, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(262, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 61%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.49, 50.91, -64.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.49, 81.83, 308.47°)
OKLab	oklab(59.5% 0.0917 -0.1824)
OKLCH	oklch(59.5% 0.204 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.2316, 18.8321, 77.6807)
Luminance	0.1883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5AE7 #B3E75A

analogous

#5A6CE7 #8E5AE7 #D55AE7

triadic

#8E5AE7 #E78E5A #5AE78E

tetradic

#8E5AE7 #E75A6C #B3E75A #5AE7D5

square

#8E5AE7 #E75A6C #B3E75A #5AE7D5

split-complementary

#8E5AE7 #E7D55A #6CE75A

monochromatic

#5019AD #6925DF #8E5AE7 #B38FEF #D7C5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#8E5AE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#8E5AE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5AE7

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5AE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5AE7	1.00	4.41	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1076E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5ae7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 90, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.204 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b58bef',
    500: '#8e5ae7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5ae7;
$custom-light: #b58bef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5ae7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.128,
    "s": 74.603,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.595,
    "c": 0.20414,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5AE7

secondary

#D5E8B5

accent

#D70F8D

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5AE7

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

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