#8E5CDD#8E5CDD

#8E5CDD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.190 H 298.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5CDD
RGB	rgb(142, 92, 221)
HSL	hsl(263, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(263, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 58.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.25, 47.27, -58.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.25, 75.46, 308.79°)
OKLab	oklab(59.11% 0.0898 -0.1669)
OKLCH	oklch(59.11% 0.19 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0304, 18.6252, 70.5108)
Luminance	0.1863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5CDD #ABDD5C

analogous

#5C6BDD #8E5CDD #CF5CDD

triadic

#8E5CDD #DD8E5C #5CDD8E

tetradic

#8E5CDD #DD5C6B #ABDD5C #5CDDCF

square

#8E5CDD #DD5C6B #ABDD5C #5CDDCF

split-complementary

#8E5CDD #DDCF5C #6BDD5C

monochromatic

#51219E #6B2BD0 #8E5CDD #B18FE8 #D4C1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#8E5CDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#8E5CDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5CDD

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5CDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5CDD	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1178E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D76DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C7794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5cdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 92, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.190 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48ce8',
    500: '#8e5cdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5cdd;
$custom-light: #b48ce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5cdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.256,
    "s": 65.482,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59115,
    "c": 0.18954,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5CDD

secondary

#D0E3B2

accent

#CD1887

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5CDD

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

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