#8E5BCA#8E5BCA

#8E5BCA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.168 H 302.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5BCA
RGB	rgb(142, 91, 202)
HSL	hsl(268, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(268, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 55%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.88, 43.05, -50.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.88, 66.11, 310.64°)
OKLab	oklab(57.74% 0.0908 -0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(57.74% 0.168 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.5547, 17.4972, 57.8967)
Luminance	0.1750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5BCA #97CA5B

analogous

#5B5FCA #8E5BCA #C65BCA

triadic

#8E5BCA #CA8E5B #5BCA8E

tetradic

#8E5BCA #CA5B5F #97CA5B #5BCAC6

square

#8E5BCA #CA5B5F #97CA5B #5BCAC6

split-complementary

#8E5BCA #CAC65B #5FCA5B

monochromatic

#522A81 #6F39AF #8E5BCA #AE89D9 #CEB8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#8E5BCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#8E5BCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5BCA

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5BCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5BCA	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3173CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4274C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83708A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5bca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 91, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.168 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28bdb',
    500: '#8e5bca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5bca;
$custom-light: #b28bdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5bca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.568,
    "s": 51.152,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57741,
    "c": 0.16818,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5BCA

secondary

#C2D7AA

accent

#DB4D9A

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5BCA

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

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