#8E5BEF#8E5BEF

#8E5BEF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.212 H 295.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5BEF
RGB	rgb(142, 91, 239)
HSL	hsl(261, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(261, 62%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 61.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.23, 52.44, -67.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.23, 85.38, 307.90°)
OKLab	oklab(60.21% 0.0901 -0.1921)
OKLCH	oklch(60.21% 0.212 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.4723, 19.4643, 83.7961)
Luminance	0.1946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5BEF #BCEF5B

analogous

#5B72EF #8E5BEF #D85BEF

triadic

#8E5BEF #EF8E5B #5BEF8E

tetradic

#8E5BEF #EF5B72 #BCEF5B #5BEFD8

square

#8E5BEF #EF5B72 #BCEF5B #5BEFD8

split-complementary

#8E5BEF #EFD85B #72EF5B

monochromatic

#4D12BD #6823EA #8E5BEF #B493F4 #DBCBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#8E5BEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#8E5BEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5BEF

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5BEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5BEF	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0078EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#757D9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5bef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 91, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.212 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b58cf5',
    500: '#8e5bef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5bef;
$custom-light: #b58cf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5bef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.676,
    "s": 82.222,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60205,
    "c": 0.21217,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5BEF

secondary

#DBECBA

accent

#DF0794

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5BEF

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

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