#8E5CE1#8E5CE1

#8E5CE1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.194 H 297.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5CE1
RGB	rgb(142, 92, 225)
HSL	hsl(263, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(263, 59%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 59.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.50, 48.29, -60.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.50, 77.54, 308.52°)
OKLab	oklab(59.38% 0.0897 -0.1724)
OKLCH	oklch(59.38% 0.194 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.5696, 18.8409, 73.3510)
Luminance	0.1884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5CE1 #AFE15C

analogous

#5C6DE1 #8E5CE1 #D05CE1

triadic

#8E5CE1 #E18E5C #5CE18E

tetradic

#8E5CE1 #E15C6D #AFE15C #5CE1D0

square

#8E5CE1 #E15C6D #AFE15C #5CE1D0

split-complementary

#8E5CE1 #E1D05C #6DE15C

monochromatic

#511EA4 #6A28D7 #8E5CE1 #B290EB #D6C3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#8E5CE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#8E5CE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5CE1

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5CE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5CE1	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2677DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B7996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5ce1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 92, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.194 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48ceb',
    500: '#8e5ce1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5ce1;
$custom-light: #b48ceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5ce1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.556,
    "s": 68.912,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59382,
    "c": 0.19431,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5CE1

secondary

#D2E5B4

accent

#D1158A

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5CE1

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

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