#8E5BD5#8E5BD5

#8E5BD5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.181 H 300.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5BD5
RGB	rgb(142, 91, 213)
HSL	hsl(265, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(265, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 57.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.54, 45.79, -55.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.54, 71.88, 309.57°)
OKLab	oklab(58.44% 0.091 -0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(58.44% 0.181 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.9038, 18.0369, 65.0020)
Luminance	0.1804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5BD5 #A2D55B

analogous

#5B65D5 #8E5BD5 #CB5BD5

triadic

#8E5BD5 #D58E5B #5BD58E

tetradic

#8E5BD5 #D55B65 #A2D55B #5BD5CB

square

#8E5BD5 #D55B65 #A2D55B #5BD5CB

split-complementary

#8E5BD5 #D5CB5B #65D55B

monochromatic

#522591 #6E32C1 #8E5BD5 #B08CE1 #D1BCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#8E5BD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#8E5BD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5BD5

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5BD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5BD5	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2175D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3775D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F748F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5bd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 91, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.181 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38be3',
    500: '#8e5bd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5bd5;
$custom-light: #b38be3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5bd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.082,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58438,
    "c": 0.18141,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5BD5

secondary

#CADEAE

accent

#E245A1

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5BD5

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

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