#8E5DD9#8E5DD9

#8E5DD9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.183 H 298.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5DD9
RGB	rgb(142, 93, 217)
HSL	hsl(264, 62%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(264, 57%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 57.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.20, 45.71, -56.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.20, 72.76, 308.92°)
OKLab	oklab(59% 0.0886 -0.1605)
OKLCH	oklch(59% 0.183 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5910, 18.5890, 67.7666)
Luminance	0.1859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5DD9 #A8D95D

analogous

#5D6AD9 #8E5DD9 #CC5DD9

triadic

#8E5DD9 #D98E5D #5DD98E

tetradic

#8E5DD9 #D95D6A #A8D95D #5DD9CC

square

#8E5DD9 #D95D6A #A8D95D #5DD9CC

split-complementary

#8E5DD9 #D9CC5D #6AD95D

monochromatic

#522498 #6C2FCA #8E5DD9 #B18FE5 #D3C0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#8E5DD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#8E5DD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5DD9

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5DD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5DD9	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2077DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3576D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E7792

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5dd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 93, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.183 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38de5',
    500: '#8e5dd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5dd9;
$custom-light: #b38de5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5dd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.71,
    "s": 62,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59003,
    "c": 0.1833,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5DD9

secondary

#CEE0B1

accent

#CA1C85

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5DD9

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

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