#8E5DF8#8E5DF8

#8E5DF8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.220 H 293.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5DF8
RGB	rgb(142, 93, 248)
HSL	hsl(259, 92%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(259, 63%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.7%, 62.5%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.24, 53.74, -70.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.24, 88.85, 307.22°)
OKLab	oklab(61.13% 0.0872 -0.2021)
OKLCH	oklch(61.13% 0.22 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.0084, 20.3559, 91.0314)
Luminance	0.2036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5DF8 #C7F85D

analogous

#5D7AF8 #8E5DF8 #DC5DF8

triadic

#8E5DF8 #F88E5D #5DF88E

tetradic

#8E5DF8 #F85D7A #C7F85D #5DF8DC

square

#8E5DF8 #F85D7A #C7F85D #5DF8DC

split-complementary

#8E5DF8 #F8DC5D #7AF85D

monochromatic

#4809D2 #6522F5 #8E5DF8 #B798FB #E0D2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#8E5DF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#8E5DF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5DF8

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5DF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5DF8	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EFD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#007AF5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7081A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5df8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 93, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.220 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b68dfb',
    500: '#8e5df8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5df8;
$custom-light: #b68dfb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5df8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.968,
    "s": 91.716,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61134,
    "c": 0.22009,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5DF8

secondary

#E2F1C0

accent

#E6009D

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F7F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C18

muted

#817D86

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5DF8

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

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