#8E5BDA#8E5BDA

#8E5BDA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.187 H 299.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5BDA
RGB	rgb(142, 91, 218)
HSL	hsl(264, 63%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(264, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 58.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.85, 47.05, -57.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.85, 74.49, 309.17°)
OKLab	oklab(58.77% 0.091 -0.1638)
OKLCH	oklch(58.77% 0.187 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.5482, 18.2946, 68.3959)
Luminance	0.1830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5BDA #A7DA5B

analogous

#5B68DA #8E5BDA #CD5BDA

triadic

#8E5BDA #DA8E5B #5BDA8E

tetradic

#8E5BDA #DA5B68 #A7DA5B #5BDACD

square

#8E5BDA #DA5B68 #A7DA5B #5BDACD

split-complementary

#8E5BDA #DACD5B #68DA5B

monochromatic

#522298 #6C2ECA #8E5BDA #B08DE5 #D3BFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#8E5BDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#8E5BDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5BDA

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5BDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5BDA	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1576DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3075D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D7692

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5bda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 91, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.187 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38be6',
    500: '#8e5bda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5bda;
$custom-light: #b38be6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5bda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.094,
    "s": 63.184,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58766,
    "c": 0.18738,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5BDA

secondary

#CDE1B0

accent

#CB1B84

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5BDA

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

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