#8E5CDC#8E5CDC

#8E5CDC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.188 H 298.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5CDC
RGB	rgb(142, 92, 220)
HSL	hsl(263, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(263, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 58.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.18, 47.02, -58.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.18, 74.94, 308.86°)
OKLab	oklab(59.05% 0.0898 -0.1656)
OKLCH	oklch(59.05% 0.188 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8975, 18.5721, 69.8113)
Luminance	0.1857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5CDC #AADC5C

analogous

#5C6ADC #8E5CDC #CE5CDC

triadic

#8E5CDC #DC8E5C #5CDC8E

tetradic

#8E5CDC #DC5C6A #AADC5C #5CDCCE

square

#8E5CDC #DC5C6A #AADC5C #5CDCCE

split-complementary

#8E5CDC #DCCE5C #6ADC5C

monochromatic

#51229C #6C2CCE #8E5CDC #B18EE7 #D4C1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#8E5CDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#8E5CDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5CDC

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5CDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5CDC	1.00	4.45	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1477E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F76D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D7793

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5cdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 92, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.188 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48ce8',
    500: '#8e5cdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5cdc;
$custom-light: #b48ce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5cdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.438,
    "s": 64.646,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59048,
    "c": 0.18835,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5CDC

secondary

#CFE2B2

accent

#CC1986

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5CDC

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

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