#8E5BCF#8E5BCF

#8E5BCF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.174 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5BCF
RGB	rgb(142, 91, 207)
HSL	hsl(266, 55%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(266, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 56%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.18, 44.29, -52.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.18, 68.73, 310.12°)
OKLab	oklab(58.05% 0.091 -0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(58.05% 0.174 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.1563, 17.7379, 61.0651)
Luminance	0.1774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5BCF #9CCF5B

analogous

#5B62CF #8E5BCF #C85BCF

triadic

#8E5BCF #CF8E5B #5BCF8E

tetradic

#8E5BCF #CF5B62 #9CCF5B #5BCFC8

square

#8E5BCF #CF5B62 #9CCF5B #5BCFC8

split-complementary

#8E5BCF #CFC85B #62CF5B

monochromatic

#522888 #6F36B7 #8E5BCF #AF8ADD #CFBAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#8E5BCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#8E5BCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5BCF

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5BCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5BCF	1.00	4.62	4.55	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A74D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D74CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81728C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5bcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 91, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.174 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38bde',
    500: '#8e5bcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5bcf;
$custom-light: #b38bde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5bcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.379,
    "s": 54.717,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58054,
    "c": 0.1742,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5BCF

secondary

#C6DAAC

accent

#DE4A9D

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5BCF

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

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