#8E5CE7#8E5CE7

#8E5CE7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.201 H 296.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5CE7
RGB	rgb(142, 92, 231)
HSL	hsl(262, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(262, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 60.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.89, 49.84, -63.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.89, 80.66, 308.16°)
OKLab	oklab(59.79% 0.0894 -0.1805)
OKLCH	oklch(59.79% 0.201 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.4026, 19.1741, 77.7377)
Luminance	0.1918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5CE7 #B5E75C

analogous

#5C6FE7 #8E5CE7 #D45CE7

triadic

#8E5CE7 #E78E5C #5CE78E

tetradic

#8E5CE7 #E75C6F #B5E75C #5CE7D4

square

#8E5CE7 #E75C6F #B5E75C #5CE7D4

split-complementary

#8E5CE7 #E7D45C #6FE75C

monochromatic

#4F1AAF #6927DF #8E5CE7 #B391EF #D8C7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#8E5CE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#8E5CE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5CE7

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5CE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5CE7	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1877E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787B99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5ce7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 92, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.201 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48cef',
    500: '#8e5ce7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5ce7;
$custom-light: #b48cef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5ce7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.583,
    "s": 74.332,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59791,
    "c": 0.20144,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5CE7

secondary

#D6E8B7

accent

#D60F8F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5CE7

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

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