#8E5BCD#8E5BCD

#8E5BCD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.172 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5BCD
RGB	rgb(142, 91, 205)
HSL	hsl(267, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(267, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 55.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.06, 43.79, -51.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.06, 67.68, 310.32°)
OKLab	oklab(57.93% 0.0909 -0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(57.93% 0.172 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.9133, 17.6407, 59.7856)
Luminance	0.1764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5BCD #9ACD5B

analogous

#5B61CD #8E5BCD #C75BCD

triadic

#8E5BCD #CD8E5B #5BCD8E

tetradic

#8E5BCD #CD5B61 #9ACD5B #5BCDC7

square

#8E5BCD #CD5B61 #9ACD5B #5BCDC7

split-complementary

#8E5BCD #CDC75B #61CD5B

monochromatic

#522985 #6F37B4 #8E5BCD #AE8ADB #CFB9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#8E5BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#8E5BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5BCD

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5BCD	1.00	4.64	4.53	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D74D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F74CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82718B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 91, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.172 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28bdd',
    500: '#8e5bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5bcd;
$custom-light: #b28bdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.842,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57928,
    "c": 0.17179,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5BCD

secondary

#C4D9AB

accent

#DD4B9C

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5BCD

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

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