#8E5DF4#8E5DF4

#8E5DF4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.215 H 294.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5DF4
RGB	rgb(142, 93, 244)
HSL	hsl(259, 87%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(259, 62%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 61.9%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.96, 52.69, -68.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.96, 86.80, 307.37°)
OKLab	oklab(60.85% 0.0876 -0.1968)
OKLCH	oklch(60.85% 0.215 294)
XYZ	xyz(31.3944, 20.1103, 87.7980)
Luminance	0.2011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5DF4 #C3F45D

analogous

#5D77F4 #8E5DF4 #D95DF4

triadic

#8E5DF4 #F48E5D #5DF48E

tetradic

#8E5DF4 #F45D77 #C3F45D #5DF4D9

square

#8E5DF4 #F45D77 #C3F45D #5DF4D9

split-complementary

#8E5DF4 #F4D95D #77F45D

monochromatic

#4A0EC9 #6624F0 #8E5DF4 #B696F8 #DED0FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#8E5DF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#8E5DF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5DF4

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5DF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5DF4	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DF9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0079F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7280A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5df4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 93, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.215 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b68df9',
    500: '#8e5df4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5df4;
$custom-light: #b68df9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5df4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.47,
    "s": 87.283,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60847,
    "c": 0.21542,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.20111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5DF4

secondary

#DFEFBE

accent

#E4029A

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5DF4

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

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