#8E5CED#8E5CED

#8E5CED is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.209 H 295.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5CED
RGB	rgb(142, 92, 237)
HSL	hsl(261, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(261, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 61.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.29, 51.39, -66.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.29, 83.77, 307.84°)
OKLab	oklab(60.21% 0.0891 -0.1885)
OKLCH	oklch(60.21% 0.209 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.2645, 19.5188, 82.2773)
Luminance	0.1952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5CED #BBED5C

analogous

#5C73ED #8E5CED #D75CED

triadic

#8E5CED #ED8E5C #5CED8E

tetradic

#8E5CED #ED5C73 #BBED5C #5CEDD7

square

#8E5CED #ED5C73 #BBED5C #5CEDD7

split-complementary

#8E5CED #EDD75C #73ED5C

monochromatic

#4E15BA #6825E7 #8E5CED #B493F3 #DACAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#8E5CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#8E5CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5CED

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5CED	1.00	4.28	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0078EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767D9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 92, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.209 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b58cf4',
    500: '#8e5ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5ced;
$custom-light: #b58cf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.69,
    "s": 80.11,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60208,
    "c": 0.20851,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5CED

secondary

#DAEBB9

accent

#DC0994

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5CED

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

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