#8E5CF8#8E5CF8

#8E5CF8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.221 H 293.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5CF8
RGB	rgb(142, 92, 248)
HSL	hsl(259, 92%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(259, 63%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.7%, 62.9%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.04, 54.27, -71.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.04, 89.43, 307.36°)
OKLab	oklab(60.99% 0.0883 -0.203)
OKLCH	oklch(60.99% 0.221 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.9212, 20.1815, 91.0023)
Luminance	0.2018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5CF8 #C6F85C

analogous

#5C78F8 #8E5CF8 #DC5CF8

triadic

#8E5CF8 #F88E5C #5CF88E

tetradic

#8E5CF8 #F85C78 #C6F85C #5CF8DC

square

#8E5CF8 #F85C78 #C6F85C #5CF8DC

split-complementary

#8E5CF8 #F8DC5C #78F85C

monochromatic

#4909D1 #6521F5 #8E5CF8 #B797FB #DFD1FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#8E5CF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#8E5CF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5CF8

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5CF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5CF8	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EFD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0079F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7180A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5cf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 92, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.221 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b68dfb',
    500: '#8e5cf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5cf8;
$custom-light: #b68dfb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5cf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.231,
    "s": 91.765,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60992,
    "c": 0.22136,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5CF8

secondary

#E1F1BF

accent

#E6009C

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F7F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C18

muted

#817D86

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5CF8

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

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