#8E5BE8#8E5BE8

#8E5BE8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.204 H 296.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5BE8
RGB	rgb(142, 91, 232)
HSL	hsl(262, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(262, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 60.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.76, 50.63, -64.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.76, 81.77, 308.26°)
OKLab	oklab(59.71% 0.0905 -0.1828)
OKLCH	oklch(59.71% 0.204 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.4581, 19.0586, 78.4549)
Luminance	0.1906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5BE8 #B5E85B

analogous

#5B6EE8 #8E5BE8 #D45BE8

triadic

#8E5BE8 #E88E5B #5BE88E

tetradic

#8E5BE8 #E85B6E #B5E85B #5BE8D4

square

#8E5BE8 #E85B6E #B5E85B #5BE8D4

split-complementary

#8E5BE8 #E8D45B #6EE85B

monochromatic

#4F19B0 #6925E0 #8E5BE8 #B391F0 #D8C6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#8E5BE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#8E5BE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5BE8

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5BE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5BE8	1.00	4.36	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1177E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787A99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5be8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 91, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.204 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b58cf0',
    500: '#8e5be8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5be8;
$custom-light: #b58cf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5be8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.702,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59714,
    "c": 0.20397,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5BE8

secondary

#D6E9B6

accent

#D80E8F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5BE8

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

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