#8E5BED#8E5BED

#8E5BED is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.210 H 295.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5BED
RGB	rgb(142, 91, 237)
HSL	hsl(261, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(261, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 61.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.09, 51.92, -66.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.09, 84.35, 307.99°)
OKLab	oklab(60.06% 0.0902 -0.1894)
OKLCH	oklch(60.06% 0.21 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1785, 19.3467, 82.2486)
Luminance	0.1935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5BED #BAED5B

analogous

#5B71ED #8E5BED #D75BED

triadic

#8E5BED #ED8E5B #5BED8E

tetradic

#8E5BED #ED5B71 #BAED5B #5BEDD7

square

#8E5BED #ED5B71 #BAED5B #5BEDD7

split-complementary

#8E5BED #EDD75B #71ED5B

monochromatic

#4E14B9 #6824E7 #8E5BED #B492F3 #DAC9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#8E5BED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#8E5BED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5BED

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5BED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5BED	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0078EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767C9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5bed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 91, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.210 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b58cf4',
    500: '#8e5bed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5bed;
$custom-light: #b58cf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5bed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.959,
    "s": 80.22,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60063,
    "c": 0.20984,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5BED

secondary

#DAEBB9

accent

#DD0993

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5BED

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

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