#8E5CC8#8E5CC8

#8E5CC8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.164 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5CC8
RGB	rgb(142, 92, 200)
HSL	hsl(268, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(268, 54%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 54%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.98, 42.01, -48.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.98, 64.44, 310.69°)
OKLab	oklab(57.77% 0.0894 -0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(57.77% 0.164 303)
XYZ	xyz(25.4055, 17.5752, 56.6863)
Luminance	0.1757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5CC8 #96C85C

analogous

#5C60C8 #8E5CC8 #C45CC8

triadic

#8E5CC8 #C88E5C #5CC88E

tetradic

#8E5CC8 #C85C60 #96C85C #5CC8C4

square

#8E5CC8 #C85C60 #96C85C #5CC8C4

split-complementary

#8E5CC8 #C8C45C #60C85C

monochromatic

#522B7F #6F3AAD #8E5CC8 #AE8AD7 #CDB8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#8E5CC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#8E5CC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5CC8

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5CC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5CC8	1.00	4.65	4.51	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3573CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4574C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#837189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5cc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 92, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.164 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28cd9',
    500: '#8e5cc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5cc8;
$custom-light: #b28cd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5cc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.778,
    "s": 49.541,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57774,
    "c": 0.16421,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.17575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5CC8

secondary

#C2D6AA

accent

#D94F99

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5CC8

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

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