#8E5CF5#8E5CF5

#8E5CF5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.218 H 294.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5CF5
RGB	rgb(142, 92, 245)
HSL	hsl(260, 88%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(260, 62%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 62.4%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.83, 53.48, -69.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.83, 87.89, 307.48°)
OKLab	oklab(60.78% 0.0885 -0.1991)
OKLCH	oklch(60.78% 0.218 294)
XYZ	xyz(31.4595, 19.9968, 88.5707)
Luminance	0.2000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5CF5 #C3F55C

analogous

#5C76F5 #8E5CF5 #DA5CF5

triadic

#8E5CF5 #F58E5C #5CF58E

tetradic

#8E5CF5 #F55C76 #C3F55C #5CF5DA

square

#8E5CF5 #F55C76 #C3F55C #5CF5DA

split-complementary

#8E5CF5 #F5DA5C #76F55C

monochromatic

#4A0CCA #6622F1 #8E5CF5 #B696F9 #DECFFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#8E5CF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#8E5CF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5CF5

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5CF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5CF5	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DFA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0079F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#727FA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5cf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 92, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.218 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b68df9',
    500: '#8e5cf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5cf5;
$custom-light: #b68df9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5cf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.608,
    "s": 88.439,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60776,
    "c": 0.21787,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.19998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5CF5

secondary

#DFF0BD

accent

#E5009A

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5CF5

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

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