#8E5CE9#8E5CE9

#8E5CE9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.204 H 296.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5CE9
RGB	rgb(142, 92, 233)
HSL	hsl(261, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(261, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 60.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.02, 50.35, -64.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.02, 81.70, 308.05°)
OKLab	oklab(59.93% 0.0894 -0.1832)
OKLCH	oklch(59.93% 0.204 296)
XYZ	xyz(29.6866, 19.2877, 79.2338)
Luminance	0.1929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5CE9 #B7E95C

analogous

#5C70E9 #8E5CE9 #D55CE9

triadic

#8E5CE9 #E98E5C #5CE98E

tetradic

#8E5CE9 #E95C70 #B7E95C #5CE9D5

square

#8E5CE9 #E95C70 #B7E95C #5CE9D5

split-complementary

#8E5CE9 #E9D55C #70E95C

monochromatic

#4F18B3 #6926E2 #8E5CE9 #B392F0 #D9C8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#8E5CE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#8E5CE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5CE9

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5CE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5CE9	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1178E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#777B9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5ce9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 92, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.204 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b58cf1',
    500: '#8e5ce9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5ce9;
$custom-light: #b58cf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5ce9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.277,
    "s": 76.216,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59929,
    "c": 0.2038,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.19288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5CE9

secondary

#D8E9B8

accent

#D80D90

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5CE9

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

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