#8E5CEC#8E5CEC

#8E5CEC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.207 H 295.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5CEC
RGB	rgb(142, 92, 236)
HSL	hsl(261, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(261, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 61%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.22, 51.13, -65.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.22, 83.25, 307.89°)
OKLab	oklab(60.14% 0.0892 -0.1872)
OKLCH	oklch(60.14% 0.207 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1188, 19.4606, 81.5100)
Luminance	0.1946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5CEC #BAEC5C

analogous

#5C72EC #8E5CEC #D65CEC

triadic

#8E5CEC #EC8E5C #5CEC8E

tetradic

#8E5CEC #EC5C72 #BAEC5C #5CECD6

square

#8E5CEC #EC5C72 #BAEC5C #5CECD6

split-complementary

#8E5CEC #ECD65C #72EC5C

monochromatic

#4E15B8 #6825E6 #8E5CEC #B493F2 #DACAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#8E5CEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#8E5CEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5CEC

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5CEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5CEC	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0178E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767C9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5cec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 92, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.207 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b58cf3',
    500: '#8e5cec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5cec;
$custom-light: #b58cf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5cec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.833,
    "s": 79.121,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60138,
    "c": 0.20734,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5CEC

secondary

#DAEBB9

accent

#DB0A93

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5CEC

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

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