#8E5CD7#8E5CD7

#8E5CD7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.182 H 299.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5CD7
RGB	rgb(142, 92, 215)
HSL	hsl(264, 61%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(264, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 57.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.87, 45.75, -56.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.87, 72.32, 309.24°)
OKLab	oklab(58.72% 0.0898 -0.1587)
OKLCH	oklch(58.72% 0.182 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.2452, 18.3111, 66.3758)
Luminance	0.1831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5CD7 #A5D75C

analogous

#5C68D7 #8E5CD7 #CB5CD7

triadic

#8E5CD7 #D78E5C #5CD78E

tetradic

#8E5CD7 #D75C68 #A5D75C #5CD7CB

square

#8E5CD7 #D75C68 #A5D75C #5CD7CB

split-complementary

#8E5CD7 #D7CB5C #68D75C

monochromatic

#522494 #6D30C5 #8E5CD7 #B08DE3 #D2BEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#8E5CD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#8E5CD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5CD7

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5CD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5CD7	1.00	4.50	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2076DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3676D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E7591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 92, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.182 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38ce4',
    500: '#8e5cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5cd7;
$custom-light: #b38ce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.39,
    "s": 60.591,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5872,
    "c": 0.18235,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5CD7

secondary

#CCDFB0

accent

#C81D83

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5CD7

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

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