#8E5CE0#8E5CE0

#8E5CE0 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.193 H 297.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5CE0
RGB	rgb(142, 92, 224)
HSL	hsl(263, 68%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(263, 59%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 58.9%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.44, 48.04, -60.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.44, 77.02, 308.58°)
OKLab	oklab(59.32% 0.0897 -0.171)
OKLCH	oklch(59.32% 0.193 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.4336, 18.7865, 72.6347)
Luminance	0.1879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5CE0 #AEE05C

analogous

#5C6CE0 #8E5CE0 #D05CE0

triadic

#8E5CE0 #E08E5C #5CE08E

tetradic

#8E5CE0 #E05C6C #AEE05C #5CE0D0

square

#8E5CE0 #E05C6C #AEE05C #5CE0D0

split-complementary

#8E5CE0 #E0D05C #6CE05C

monochromatic

#511FA3 #6A29D6 #8E5CE0 #B28FEA #D5C3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#8E5CE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#8E5CE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5CE0

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5CE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5CE0	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0478E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2877DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B7895

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5ce0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 92, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.193 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48cea',
    500: '#8e5ce0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5ce0;
$custom-light: #b48cea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5ce0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.727,
    "s": 68.041,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59315,
    "c": 0.19312,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5CE0

secondary

#D2E4B4

accent

#D01689

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5CE0

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

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