#8E5CEA#8E5CEA

#8E5CEA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.205 H 295.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5CEA
RGB	rgb(142, 92, 234)
HSL	hsl(261, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(261, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 60.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.09, 50.61, -64.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.09, 82.22, 308.00°)
OKLab	oklab(60% 0.0893 -0.1845)
OKLCH	oklch(60% 0.205 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.8299, 19.3450, 79.9883)
Luminance	0.1935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5CEA #B8EA5C

analogous

#5C71EA #8E5CEA #D55CEA

triadic

#8E5CEA #EA8E5C #5CEA8E

tetradic

#8E5CEA #EA5C71 #B8EA5C #5CEAD5

square

#8E5CEA #EA5C71 #B8EA5C #5CEAD5

split-complementary

#8E5CEA #EAD55C #71EA5C

monochromatic

#4F17B4 #6826E3 #8E5CEA #B492F1 #D9C8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#8E5CEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#8E5CEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5CEA

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5CEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5CEA	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D78E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#777C9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5cea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 92, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.205 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b58cf2',
    500: '#8e5cea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5cea;
$custom-light: #b58cf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5cea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.127,
    "s": 77.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59998,
    "c": 0.20498,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5CEA

secondary

#D8EAB8

accent

#D90C91

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5CEA

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

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