#8E5BEC#8E5BEC

#8E5BEC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.209 H 295.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5BEC
RGB	rgb(142, 91, 236)
HSL	hsl(261, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(261, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 61.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.02, 51.66, -66.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.02, 83.83, 308.04°)
OKLab	oklab(59.99% 0.0903 -0.1881)
OKLCH	oklch(59.99% 0.209 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0328, 19.2885, 81.4813)
Luminance	0.1929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5BEC #B9EC5B

analogous

#5B71EC #8E5BEC #D65BEC

triadic

#8E5BEC #EC8E5B #5BEC8E

tetradic

#8E5BEC #EC5B71 #B9EC5B #5BECD6

square

#8E5BEC #EC5B71 #B9EC5B #5BECD6

split-complementary

#8E5BEC #ECD65B #71EC5B

monochromatic

#4E15B7 #6824E6 #8E5BEC #B492F2 #DAC9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#8E5BEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#8E5BEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5BEC

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5BEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5BEC	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0077E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767C9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5bec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 91, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.209 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b58cf3',
    500: '#8e5bec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5bec;
$custom-light: #b58cf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5bec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.103,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59993,
    "c": 0.20866,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5BEC

secondary

#D9EBB8

accent

#DC0A92

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5BEC

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

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