#8E5AE9#8E5AE9

#8E5AE9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.206 H 296.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5AE9
RGB	rgb(142, 90, 233)
HSL	hsl(262, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(262, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 61.4%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.62, 51.42, -64.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.62, 82.86, 308.35°)
OKLab	oklab(59.64% 0.0916 -0.1851)
OKLCH	oklch(59.64% 0.206 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.5157, 18.9458, 79.1768)
Luminance	0.1895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5AE9 #B5E95A

analogous

#5A6DE9 #8E5AE9 #D55AE9

triadic

#8E5AE9 #E98E5A #5AE98E

tetradic

#8E5AE9 #E95A6D #B5E95A #5AE9D5

square

#8E5AE9 #E95A6D #B5E95A #5AE9D5

split-complementary

#8E5AE9 #E9D55A #6DE95A

monochromatic

#4F18B1 #6924E2 #8E5AE9 #B390F0 #D8C6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#8E5AE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#8E5AE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5AE9

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5AE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5AE9	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0577E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#777A99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5ae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 90, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.206 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b58bf1',
    500: '#8e5ae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5ae9;
$custom-light: #b58bf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5ae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.818,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59639,
    "c": 0.20648,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5AE9

secondary

#D6E9B6

accent

#D90D8F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5AE9

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

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