#8E5BDF#8E5BDF

#8E5BDF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.193 H 298.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5BDF
RGB	rgb(142, 91, 223)
HSL	hsl(263, 67%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(263, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.3%, 59.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.17, 48.32, -60.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.17, 77.10, 308.81°)
OKLab	oklab(59.1% 0.0909 -0.1706)
OKLCH	oklch(59.1% 0.193 298)
XYZ	xyz(28.2124, 18.5603, 71.8939)
Luminance	0.1856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5BDF #ACDF5B

analogous

#5B6ADF #8E5BDF #D05BDF

triadic

#8E5BDF #DF8E5B #5BDF8E

tetradic

#8E5BDF #DF5B6A #ACDF5B #5BDFD0

square

#8E5BDF #DF5B6A #ACDF5B #5BDFD0

split-complementary

#8E5BDF #DFD05B #6ADF5B

monochromatic

#511FA0 #6B29D4 #8E5BDF #B18EE9 #D5C1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#8E5BDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#8E5BDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5BDF

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5BDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5BDF	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2876DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B7794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5bdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 91, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.193 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48bea',
    500: '#8e5bdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5bdf;
$custom-light: #b48bea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5bdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.182,
    "s": 67.347,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59099,
    "c": 0.19334,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.18561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5BDF

secondary

#D0E3B2

accent

#CF1688

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5BDF

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

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