#8E5AEC#8E5AEC

#8E5AEC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.210 H 295.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5AEC
RGB	rgb(142, 90, 236)
HSL	hsl(261, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(261, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 61.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.83, 52.19, -66.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.83, 84.41, 308.19°)
OKLab	oklab(59.85% 0.0914 -0.1891)
OKLCH	oklch(59.85% 0.21 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.9479, 19.1186, 81.4530)
Luminance	0.1912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5AEC #B8EC5A

analogous

#5A6FEC #8E5AEC #D75AEC

triadic

#8E5AEC #EC8E5A #5AEC8E

tetradic

#8E5AEC #EC5A6F #B8EC5A #5AECD7

square

#8E5AEC #EC5A6F #B8EC5A #5AECD7

split-complementary

#8E5AEC #ECD75A #6FEC5A

monochromatic

#4F15B7 #6823E6 #8E5AEC #B491F2 #D9C8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#8E5AEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#8E5AEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5AEC

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5AEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5AEC	1.00	4.35	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0077E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767B9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5aec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 90, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.210 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b58bf3',
    500: '#8e5aec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5aec;
$custom-light: #b58bf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5aec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.37,
    "s": 79.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5985,
    "c": 0.20999,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5AEC

secondary

#D8EBB7

accent

#DC0A91

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5AEC

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

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