#8E5DE3#8E5DE3

#8E5DE3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.195 H 296.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5DE3
RGB	rgb(142, 93, 227)
HSL	hsl(262, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(262, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 59%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.83, 48.27, -61.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.83, 77.99, 308.23°)
OKLab	oklab(59.67% 0.0884 -0.1741)
OKLCH	oklch(59.67% 0.195 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9313, 19.1251, 74.8254)
Luminance	0.1913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5DE3 #B2E35D

analogous

#5D6FE3 #8E5DE3 #D15DE3

triadic

#8E5DE3 #E38E5D #5DE38E

tetradic

#8E5DE3 #E35D6F #B2E35D #5DE3D1

square

#8E5DE3 #E35D6F #B2E35D #5DE3D1

split-complementary

#8E5DE3 #E3D15D #6FE35D

monochromatic

#501DA8 #6A29DA #8E5DE3 #B291EC #D7C5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#8E5DE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#8E5DE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5DE3

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5DE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5DE3	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2577E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A7A97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5de3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 93, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.195 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48ded',
    500: '#8e5de3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5de3;
$custom-light: #b48ded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5de3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.94,
    "s": 70.526,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59666,
    "c": 0.1953,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5DE3

secondary

#D4E6B6

accent

#D3138C

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5DE3

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

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