#8E5CD3#8E5CD3

#8E5CD3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.178 H 300.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5CD3
RGB	rgb(142, 92, 211)
HSL	hsl(265, 57%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(265, 56%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 56.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.63, 44.74, -54.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.63, 70.22, 309.58°)
OKLab	oklab(58.46% 0.0898 -0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(58.46% 0.178 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.7375, 18.1081, 63.7020)
Luminance	0.1811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5CD3 #A1D35C

analogous

#5C66D3 #8E5CD3 #CA5CD3

triadic

#8E5CD3 #D38E5C #5CD38E

tetradic

#8E5CD3 #D35C66 #A1D35C #5CD3CA

square

#8E5CD3 #D35C66 #A1D35C #5CD3CA

split-complementary

#8E5CD3 #D3CA5C #66D35C

monochromatic

#52268E #6E33BE #8E5CD3 #AF8CE0 #D1BCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#8E5CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#8E5CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5CD3

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5CD3	1.00	4.54	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2776D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A75D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80748F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 92, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.178 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38ce1',
    500: '#8e5cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5cd3;
$custom-light: #b38ce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.21,
    "s": 57.488,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58463,
    "c": 0.17753,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5CD3

secondary

#C9DDAE

accent

#E147A0

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5CD3

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

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