#8E5CD5#8E5CD5

#8E5CD5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.180 H 299.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5CD5
RGB	rgb(142, 92, 213)
HSL	hsl(265, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(265, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 56.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.75, 45.24, -55.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.75, 71.27, 309.41°)
OKLab	oklab(58.59% 0.0898 -0.1559)
OKLCH	oklch(58.59% 0.18 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.9898, 18.2090, 65.0306)
Luminance	0.1821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5CD5 #A3D55C

analogous

#5C67D5 #8E5CD5 #CA5CD5

triadic

#8E5CD5 #D58E5C #5CD58E

tetradic

#8E5CD5 #D55C67 #A3D55C #5CD5CA

square

#8E5CD5 #D55C67 #A3D55C #5CD5CA

split-complementary

#8E5CD5 #D5CA5C #67D55C

monochromatic

#522591 #6D32C2 #8E5CD5 #B08DE2 #D1BDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#8E5CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#8E5CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5CD5

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5CD5	1.00	4.52	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2476D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3875D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F7590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 92, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.180 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38ce3',
    500: '#8e5cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5cd5;
$custom-light: #b38ce3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.793,
    "s": 59.024,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58591,
    "c": 0.17994,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5CD5

secondary

#CADEAF

accent

#E246A1

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5CD5

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

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