#8E5DEC#8E5DEC

#8E5DEC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.206 H 295.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5DEC
RGB	rgb(142, 93, 236)
HSL	hsl(261, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(261, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 60.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.42, 50.60, -65.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.42, 82.67, 307.74°)
OKLab	oklab(60.28% 0.0881 -0.1862)
OKLCH	oklch(60.28% 0.206 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.2060, 19.6350, 81.5391)
Luminance	0.1964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5DEC #BBEC5D

analogous

#5D74EC #8E5DEC #D55DEC

triadic

#8E5DEC #EC8E5D #5DEC8E

tetradic

#8E5DEC #EC5D74 #BBEC5D #5DECD5

square

#8E5DEC #EC5D74 #BBEC5D #5DECD5

split-complementary

#8E5DEC #ECD55D #74EC5D

monochromatic

#4E16B9 #6826E6 #8E5DEC #B494F2 #DACBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#8E5DEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#8E5DEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5DEC

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5DEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5DEC	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0878E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767D9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5dec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 93, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.206 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b58df3',
    500: '#8e5dec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5dec;
$custom-light: #b58df3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5dec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.559,
    "s": 79.006,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60283,
    "c": 0.206,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5DEC

secondary

#DAEBBA

accent

#DB0A94

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5DEC

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

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