#8E5CC0#8E5CC0

#8E5CC0 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.154 H 305.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5CC0
RGB	rgb(142, 92, 192)
HSL	hsl(270, 44%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(270, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 52.1%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.52, 40.06, -44.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.52, 60.23, 311.70°)
OKLab	oklab(57.29% 0.0889 -0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(57.29% 0.154 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.4949, 17.2110, 51.8906)
Luminance	0.1721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5CC0 #8EC05C

analogous

#5C5CC0 #8E5CC0 #C05CC0

triadic

#8E5CC0 #C08E5C #5CC08E

tetradic

#8E5CC0 #C05C5C #8EC05C #5CC0C0

square

#8E5CC0 #C05C5C #8EC05C #5CC0C0

split-complementary

#8E5CC0 #C0C05C #5CC05C

monochromatic

#512D75 #6F3EA1 #8E5CC0 #AD88D1 #CBB4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#8E5CC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#8E5CC0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5CC0

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5CC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5CC0	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C72C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B73BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#866E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5cc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 92, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.154 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28cd3',
    500: '#8e5cc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5cc0;
$custom-light: #b28cd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5cc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 44.248,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57294,
    "c": 0.15449,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5CC0

secondary

#BCD1A7

accent

#D45494

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#110C14

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5CC0

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

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