#8E5CE8#8E5CE8

#8E5CE8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.203 H 296.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5CE8
RGB	rgb(142, 92, 232)
HSL	hsl(261, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(261, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 60.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.96, 50.10, -63.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.96, 81.18, 308.10°)
OKLab	oklab(59.86% 0.0894 -0.1818)
OKLCH	oklch(59.86% 0.203 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.5442, 19.2307, 78.4836)
Luminance	0.1923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5CE8 #B6E85C

analogous

#5C70E8 #8E5CE8 #D45CE8

triadic

#8E5CE8 #E88E5C #5CE88E

tetradic

#8E5CE8 #E85C70 #B6E85C #5CE8D4

square

#8E5CE8 #E85C70 #B6E85C #5CE8D4

split-complementary

#8E5CE8 #E8D45C #70E85C

monochromatic

#4F19B1 #6926E0 #8E5CE8 #B392F0 #D8C7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#8E5CE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#8E5CE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5CE8

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5CE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5CE8	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1577E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787B99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5ce8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 92, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.203 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b58cf0',
    500: '#8e5ce8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5ce8;
$custom-light: #b58cf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5ce8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 75.269,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5986,
    "c": 0.20261,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5CE8

secondary

#D7E9B7

accent

#D70E90

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5CE8

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

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