#8E5DCE#8E5DCE

#8E5DCE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.170 H 301.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5DCE
RGB	rgb(142, 93, 206)
HSL	hsl(266, 54%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(266, 55%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 54.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.54, 42.94, -51.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.54, 66.98, 309.87°)
OKLab	oklab(58.3% 0.0884 -0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(58.3% 0.17 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.2077, 18.0356, 60.4811)
Luminance	0.1804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5DCE #9DCE5D

analogous

#5D64CE #8E5DCE #C75DCE

triadic

#8E5DCE #CE8E5D #5DCE8E

tetradic

#8E5DCE #CE5D64 #9DCE5D #5DCEC7

square

#8E5DCE #CE5D64 #9DCE5D #5DCEC7

split-complementary

#8E5DCE #CEC75D #64CE5D

monochromatic

#522988 #6E37B7 #8E5DCE #AF8CDC #D0BBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#8E5DCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#8E5DCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5DCE

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5DCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5DCE	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3075D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4175CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81738D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5dce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 93, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.170 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28cdd',
    500: '#8e5dce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5dce;
$custom-light: #b28cdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5dce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.018,
    "s": 53.555,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58302,
    "c": 0.16998,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5DCE

secondary

#C6DAAD

accent

#DD4B9E

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5DCE

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

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