#8E5CC7#8E5CC7

#8E5CC7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.163 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5CC7
RGB	rgb(142, 92, 199)
HSL	hsl(268, 49%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(268, 54%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 53.8%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.92, 41.76, -48.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.92, 63.91, 310.80°)
OKLab	oklab(57.71% 0.0894 -0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(57.71% 0.163 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.2890, 17.5286, 56.0728)
Luminance	0.1753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5CC7 #95C75C

analogous

#5C60C7 #8E5CC7 #C35CC7

triadic

#8E5CC7 #C78E5C #5CC78E

tetradic

#8E5CC7 #C75C60 #95C75C #5CC7C3

square

#8E5CC7 #C75C60 #95C75C #5CC7C3

split-complementary

#8E5CC7 #C7C35C #60C75C

monochromatic

#522B7D #6F3BAB #8E5CC7 #AE8AD7 #CDB7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#8E5CC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#8E5CC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5CC7

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5CC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5CC7	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3673CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4674C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#847089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5cc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 92, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.163 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28cd8',
    500: '#8e5cc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5cc7;
$custom-light: #b28cd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5cc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.037,
    "s": 48.858,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57713,
    "c": 0.16301,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5CC7

secondary

#C1D5AA

accent

#D84F98

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#110C14

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5CC7

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

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