#8E5CDA#8E5CDA

#8E5CDA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.186 H 298.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5CDA
RGB	rgb(142, 92, 218)
HSL	hsl(264, 63%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(264, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 57.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.06, 46.51, -57.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.06, 73.89, 309.01°)
OKLab	oklab(58.92% 0.0898 -0.1628)
OKLCH	oklch(58.92% 0.186 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.6343, 18.4667, 68.4246)
Luminance	0.1847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5CDA #A8DA5C

analogous

#5C69DA #8E5CDA #CD5CDA

triadic

#8E5CDA #DA8E5C #5CDA8E

tetradic

#8E5CDA #DA5C69 #A8DA5C #5CDACD

square

#8E5CDA #DA5C69 #A8DA5C #5CDACD

split-complementary

#8E5CDA #DACD5C #69DA5C

monochromatic

#522399 #6C2ECB #8E5CDA #B18EE5 #D3C0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#8E5CDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#8E5CDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5CDA

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5CDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5CDA	1.00	4.47	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A77DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3276D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D7692

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5cda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 92, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.186 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38ce6',
    500: '#8e5cda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5cda;
$custom-light: #b38ce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5cda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.81,
    "s": 63,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58916,
    "c": 0.18595,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5CDA

secondary

#CEE1B1

accent

#CB1B85

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5CDA

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

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