#8E5CE4#8E5CE4

#8E5CE4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.198 H 296.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5CE4
RGB	rgb(142, 92, 228)
HSL	hsl(262, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(262, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 59.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.69, 49.06, -62.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.69, 79.11, 308.33°)
OKLab	oklab(59.59% 0.0896 -0.1764)
OKLCH	oklch(59.59% 0.198 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9825, 19.0060, 75.5253)
Luminance	0.1901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5CE4 #B2E45C

analogous

#5C6EE4 #8E5CE4 #D25CE4

triadic

#8E5CE4 #E48E5C #5CE48E

tetradic

#8E5CE4 #E45C6E #B2E45C #5CE4D2

square

#8E5CE4 #E45C6E #B2E45C #5CE4D2

split-complementary

#8E5CE4 #E4D25C #6EE45C

monochromatic

#501CAA #6A27DB #8E5CE4 #B291ED #D7C5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#8E5CE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#8E5CE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5CE4

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5CE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5CE4	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2077E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#797A97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5ce4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 92, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.198 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48ced',
    500: '#8e5ce4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5ce4;
$custom-light: #b48ced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5ce4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.059,
    "s": 71.579,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59586,
    "c": 0.19788,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5CE4

secondary

#D4E7B5

accent

#D4128C

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5CE4

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

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