#8E5DEB#8E5DEB

#8E5DEB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.205 H 295.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5DEB
RGB	rgb(142, 93, 235)
HSL	hsl(261, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(261, 60%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 60.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.36, 50.34, -64.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.36, 82.15, 307.79°)
OKLab	oklab(60.21% 0.0881 -0.1849)
OKLCH	oklch(60.21% 0.205 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.0611, 19.5770, 80.7761)
Luminance	0.1958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5DEB #BAEB5D

analogous

#5D73EB #8E5DEB #D55DEB

triadic

#8E5DEB #EB8E5D #5DEB8E

tetradic

#8E5DEB #EB5D73 #BAEB5D #5DEBD5

square

#8E5DEB #EB5D73 #BAEB5D #5DEBD5

split-complementary

#8E5DEB #EBD55D #73EB5D

monochromatic

#4E17B7 #6827E4 #8E5DEB #B493F2 #DACAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#8E5DEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#8E5DEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5DEB

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5DEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5DEB	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D78E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767C9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5deb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 93, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.205 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b58df2',
    500: '#8e5deb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5deb;
$custom-light: #b58df2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5deb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.704,
    "s": 78.022,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60214,
    "c": 0.20482,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5DEB

secondary

#DAEBB9

accent

#DA0B93

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5DEB

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

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