#8E5BB0#8E5BB0

#8E5BB0 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.137 H 310.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5BB0
RGB	rgb(142, 91, 176)
HSL	hsl(276, 35%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(276, 48%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 48.3%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.45, 36.85, -37.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.45, 52.48, 314.61°)
OKLab	oklab(56.22% 0.0886 -0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(56.22% 0.137 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.7314, 16.3679, 43.0277)
Luminance	0.1637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5BB0 #7DB05B

analogous

#645BB0 #8E5BB0 #B05BA7

triadic

#8E5BB0 #B08E5B #5BB08E

tetradic

#8E5BB0 #B0645B #7DB05B #5BA7B0

square

#8E5BB0 #B0645B #7DB05B #5BA7B0

split-complementary

#8E5BB0 #A7B05B #5BB064

monochromatic

#4D2F62 #6E438B #8E5BB0 #AA84C4 #C7AED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#8E5BB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#8E5BB0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5BB0

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5BB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5BB0	1.00	4.91	4.27	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#476EB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5572AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A697D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5bb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 91, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.137 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18bc8',
    500: '#8e5bb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5bb0;
$custom-light: #b18bc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5bb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 34.979,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56221,
    "c": 0.13676,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5BB0

secondary

#B0C6A1

accent

#CB5D89

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F8

border

#D0CBD1

text

#110C13

muted

#807D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5BB0

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

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