#8E5CE2#8E5CE2

#8E5CE2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.196 H 297.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5CE2
RGB	rgb(142, 92, 226)
HSL	hsl(262, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(262, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 59.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.56, 48.55, -61.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.56, 78.06, 308.46°)
OKLab	oklab(59.45% 0.0896 -0.1737)
OKLCH	oklch(59.45% 0.196 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.7065, 18.8956, 74.0716)
Luminance	0.1890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5CE2 #B0E25C

analogous

#5C6DE2 #8E5CE2 #D15CE2

triadic

#8E5CE2 #E28E5C #5CE28E

tetradic

#8E5CE2 #E25C6D #B0E25C #5CE2D1

square

#8E5CE2 #E25C6D #B0E25C #5CE2D1

split-complementary

#8E5CE2 #E2D15C #6DE25C

monochromatic

#501EA6 #6A28D9 #8E5CE2 #B290EB #D6C4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#8E5CE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#8E5CE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5CE2

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5CE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5CE2	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2577DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A7996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5ce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 92, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.196 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48cec',
    500: '#8e5ce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5ce2;
$custom-light: #b48cec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5ce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.388,
    "s": 69.792,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5945,
    "c": 0.19551,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5CE2

secondary

#D3E5B4

accent

#D2148B

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5CE2

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

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