#8E5DEE#8E5DEE

#8E5DEE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.208 H 295.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5DEE
RGB	rgb(142, 93, 238)
HSL	hsl(260, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(260, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 60.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.56, 51.12, -66.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.56, 83.70, 307.64°)
OKLab	oklab(60.42% 0.088 -0.1889)
OKLCH	oklch(60.42% 0.208 295)
XYZ	xyz(30.4982, 19.7518, 83.0780)
Luminance	0.1975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5DEE #BDEE5D

analogous

#5D74EE #8E5DEE #D75DEE

triadic

#8E5DEE #EE8E5D #5DEE8E

tetradic

#8E5DEE #EE5D74 #BDEE5D #5DEED7

square

#8E5DEE #EE5D74 #BDEE5D #5DEED7

split-complementary

#8E5DEE #EED75D #74EE5D

monochromatic

#4D14BD #6726E8 #8E5DEE #B594F4 #DBCCFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#8E5DEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#8E5DEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5DEE

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5DEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5DEE	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0079EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#757E9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5dee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 93, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.208 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b58df4',
    500: '#8e5dee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5dee;
$custom-light: #b58df4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5dee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.276,
    "s": 81.006,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60423,
    "c": 0.20837,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.19753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5DEE

secondary

#DBECBB

accent

#DD0895

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5DEE

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

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