#8E5AEE#8E5AEE

#8E5AEE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.212 H 295.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5AEE
RGB	rgb(142, 90, 238)
HSL	hsl(261, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(261, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 62.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.96, 52.71, -67.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.96, 85.44, 308.09°)
OKLab	oklab(59.99% 0.0912 -0.1917)
OKLCH	oklch(59.99% 0.212 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.2400, 19.2355, 82.9919)
Luminance	0.1924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5AEE #BAEE5A

analogous

#5A70EE #8E5AEE #D85AEE

triadic

#8E5AEE #EE8E5A #5AEE8E

tetradic

#8E5AEE #EE5A70 #BAEE5A #5AEED8

square

#8E5AEE #EE5A70 #BAEE5A #5AEED8

split-complementary

#8E5AEE #EED85A #70EE5A

monochromatic

#4E13BA #6823E8 #8E5AEE #B491F4 #DAC9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#8E5AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#8E5AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5AEE

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5AEE	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0077EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#757C9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 90, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.212 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b58bf4',
    500: '#8e5aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5aee;
$custom-light: #b58bf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.081,
    "s": 81.319,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59991,
    "c": 0.21231,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5AEE

secondary

#DAECB8

accent

#DE0893

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5AEE

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

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