#8E5BE3#8E5BE3

#8E5BE3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.198 H 297.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5BE3
RGB	rgb(142, 91, 227)
HSL	hsl(263, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(263, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 59.9%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.43, 49.34, -61.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.43, 79.17, 308.55°)
OKLab	oklab(59.37% 0.0908 -0.1761)
OKLCH	oklch(59.37% 0.198 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.7580, 18.7786, 74.7676)
Luminance	0.1878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5BE3 #B0E35B

analogous

#5B6CE3 #8E5BE3 #D25BE3

triadic

#8E5BE3 #E38E5B #5BE38E

tetradic

#8E5BE3 #E35B6C #B0E35B #5BE3D2

square

#8E5BE3 #E35B6C #B0E35B #5BE3D2

split-complementary

#8E5BE3 #E3D25B #6CE35B

monochromatic

#501DA7 #6A27DA #8E5BE3 #B28FEC #D6C4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#8E5BE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#8E5BE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5BE3

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5BE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5BE3	1.00	4.42	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2076E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A7996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5be3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 91, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.198 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48ced',
    500: '#8e5be3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5be3;
$custom-light: #b48ced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5be3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5937,
    "c": 0.19807,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5BE3

secondary

#D3E6B4

accent

#D3138B

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5BE3

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

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