#8E5CEB#8E5CEB

#8E5CEB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.206 H 295.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5CEB
RGB	rgb(142, 92, 235)
HSL	hsl(261, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(261, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 60.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.15, 50.87, -65.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.15, 82.74, 307.94°)
OKLab	oklab(60.07% 0.0892 -0.1858)
OKLCH	oklch(60.07% 0.206 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.9739, 19.4026, 80.7470)
Luminance	0.1940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5CEB #B9EB5C

analogous

#5C72EB #8E5CEB #D65CEB

triadic

#8E5CEB #EB8E5C #5CEB8E

tetradic

#8E5CEB #EB5C72 #B9EB5C #5CEBD6

square

#8E5CEB #EB5C72 #B9EB5C #5CEBD6

split-complementary

#8E5CEB #EBD65C #72EB5C

monochromatic

#4E16B6 #6825E4 #8E5CEB #B493F2 #DAC9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#8E5CEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#8E5CEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5CEB

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5CEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5CEB	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0778E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#777C9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5ceb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 92, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.206 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b58cf2',
    500: '#8e5ceb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5ceb;
$custom-light: #b58cf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5ceb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.979,
    "s": 78.142,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60068,
    "c": 0.20616,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5CEB

secondary

#D9EAB8

accent

#DA0B92

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5CEB

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

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