#8E5BE5#8E5BE5

#8E5BE5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.200 H 296.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5BE5
RGB	rgb(142, 91, 229)
HSL	hsl(262, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(262, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 60.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.56, 49.86, -62.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.56, 80.21, 308.43°)
OKLab	oklab(59.51% 0.0907 -0.1787)
OKLCH	oklch(59.51% 0.2 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.0356, 18.8896, 76.2298)
Luminance	0.1889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5BE5 #B2E55B

analogous

#5B6DE5 #8E5BE5 #D35BE5

triadic

#8E5BE5 #E58E5B #5BE58E

tetradic

#8E5BE5 #E55B6D #B2E55B #5BE5D3

square

#8E5BE5 #E55B6D #B2E55B #5BE5D3

split-complementary

#8E5BE5 #E5D35B #6DE55B

monochromatic

#501BAB #6A26DD #8E5BE5 #B290ED #D7C5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#8E5BE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#8E5BE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5BE5

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5BE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5BE5	1.00	4.40	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B77E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#797998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5be5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 91, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.200 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48cee',
    500: '#8e5be5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5be5;
$custom-light: #b48cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5be5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.174,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59507,
    "c": 0.20043,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5BE5

secondary

#D4E7B5

accent

#D5118C

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5BE5

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

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