#8E5BE1#8E5BE1

#8E5BE1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.196 H 297.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5BE1
RGB	rgb(142, 91, 225)
HSL	hsl(263, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(263, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 59.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.30, 48.83, -61.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.30, 78.14, 308.68°)
OKLab	oklab(59.23% 0.0908 -0.1733)
OKLCH	oklch(59.23% 0.196 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.4836, 18.6688, 73.3223)
Luminance	0.1867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5BE1 #AEE15B

analogous

#5B6BE1 #8E5BE1 #D15BE1

triadic

#8E5BE1 #E18E5B #5BE18E

tetradic

#8E5BE1 #E15B6B #AEE15B #5BE1D1

square

#8E5BE1 #E15B6B #AEE15B #5BE1D1

split-complementary

#8E5BE1 #E1D15B #6BE15B

monochromatic

#511EA4 #6A27D7 #8E5BE1 #B28FEA #D5C2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#8E5BE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#8E5BE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5BE1

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5BE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5BE1	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2476DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B7895

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5be1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 91, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.196 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48beb',
    500: '#8e5be1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5be1;
$custom-light: #b48beb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5be1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.836,
    "s": 69.072,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59234,
    "c": 0.1957,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5BE1

secondary

#D2E5B3

accent

#D11489

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5BE1

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

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