#8E5BC3#8E5BC3

#8E5BC3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.160 H 304.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5BC3
RGB	rgb(142, 91, 195)
HSL	hsl(269, 46%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(269, 53%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 53.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.48, 41.34, -46.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.48, 62.43, 311.47°)
OKLab	oklab(57.31% 0.0905 -0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(57.31% 0.16 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.7446, 17.1732, 53.6303)
Luminance	0.1717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5BC3 #90C35B

analogous

#5B5CC3 #8E5BC3 #C25BC3

triadic

#8E5BC3 #C38E5B #5BC38E

tetradic

#8E5BC3 #C35B5C #90C35B #5BC3C2

square

#8E5BC3 #C35B5C #90C35B #5BC3C2

split-complementary

#8E5BC3 #C3C25B #5CC35B

monochromatic

#512C78 #6F3CA5 #8E5BC3 #AD88D3 #CCB5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#8E5BC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#8E5BC3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5BC3

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5BC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5BC3	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3872C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4873C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#856E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5bc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 91, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.160 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28bd6',
    500: '#8e5bc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5bc3;
$custom-light: #b28bd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5bc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.423,
    "s": 46.429,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57313,
    "c": 0.15972,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5BC3

secondary

#BDD2A7

accent

#D65295

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#110C14

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5BC3

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

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