#8E5AE8#8E5AE8

#8E5AE8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.205 H 296.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5AE8
RGB	rgb(142, 90, 232)
HSL	hsl(262, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(262, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 61.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.56, 51.16, -64.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.56, 82.35, 308.41°)
OKLab	oklab(59.57% 0.0916 -0.1837)
OKLCH	oklch(59.57% 0.205 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3732, 18.8888, 78.4266)
Luminance	0.1889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5AE8 #B4E85A

analogous

#5A6DE8 #8E5AE8 #D55AE8

triadic

#8E5AE8 #E88E5A #5AE88E

tetradic

#8E5AE8 #E85A6D #B4E85A #5AE8D5

square

#8E5AE8 #E85A6D #B4E85A #5AE8D5

split-complementary

#8E5AE8 #E8D55A #6DE85A

monochromatic

#5018AF #6924E1 #8E5AE8 #B390EF #D8C5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#8E5AE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#8E5AE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5AE8

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5AE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5AE8	1.00	4.40	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B76E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787A99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5ae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 90, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.205 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b58bf0',
    500: '#8e5ae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5ae8;
$custom-light: #b58bf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5ae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.972,
    "s": 75.532,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59569,
    "c": 0.20532,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5AE8

secondary

#D6E8B5

accent

#D80E8E

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5AE8

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

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