#8E5BDB#8E5BDB

#8E5BDB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.189 H 298.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5BDB
RGB	rgb(142, 91, 219)
HSL	hsl(264, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(264, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 58.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.91, 47.30, -58.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.91, 75.01, 309.10°)
OKLab	oklab(58.83% 0.091 -0.1652)
OKLCH	oklch(58.83% 0.189 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.6794, 18.3471, 69.0872)
Luminance	0.1835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5BDB #A8DB5B

analogous

#5B68DB #8E5BDB #CE5BDB

triadic

#8E5BDB #DB8E5B #5BDB8E

tetradic

#8E5BDB #DB5B68 #A8DB5B #5BDBCE

square

#8E5BDB #DB5B68 #A8DB5B #5BDBCE

split-complementary

#8E5BDB #DBCE5B #68DB5B

monochromatic

#52229A #6C2DCC #8E5BDB #B18DE6 #D3BFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#8E5BDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#8E5BDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5BDB

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5BDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5BDB	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1277DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F76D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D7692

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5bdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 91, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.189 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38be7',
    500: '#8e5bdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5bdb;
$custom-light: #b38be7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5bdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.906,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58832,
    "c": 0.18858,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5BDB

secondary

#CEE1B1

accent

#CC1A85

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5BDB

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

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