#8E5CD6#8E5CD6

#8E5CD6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.181 H 299.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5CD6
RGB	rgb(142, 92, 214)
HSL	hsl(265, 60%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(265, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 57%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.81, 45.50, -55.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.81, 71.80, 309.32°)
OKLab	oklab(58.66% 0.0898 -0.1573)
OKLCH	oklch(58.66% 0.181 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.1171, 18.2599, 65.7012)
Luminance	0.1826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5CD6 #A4D65C

analogous

#5C67D6 #8E5CD6 #CB5CD6

triadic

#8E5CD6 #D68E5C #5CD68E

tetradic

#8E5CD6 #D65C67 #A4D65C #5CD6CB

square

#8E5CD6 #D65C67 #A4D65C #5CD6CB

split-complementary

#8E5CD6 #D6CB5C #67D65C

monochromatic

#522593 #6D31C4 #8E5CD6 #B08DE2 #D2BEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#8E5CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#8E5CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5CD6

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5CD6	1.00	4.51	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2276DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3776D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F7590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 92, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.181 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38ce3',
    500: '#8e5cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5cd6;
$custom-light: #b38ce3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.59,
    "s": 59.804,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58656,
    "c": 0.18115,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5CD6

secondary

#CBDEAF

accent

#E345A2

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C15

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5CD6

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

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