#8E5EDD#8E5EDD

#8E5EDD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.187 H 297.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5EDD
RGB	rgb(142, 94, 221)
HSL	hsl(263, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(263, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 57.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.66, 46.18, -58.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.66, 74.26, 308.46°)
OKLab	oklab(59.42% 0.0874 -0.165)
OKLCH	oklch(59.42% 0.187 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.2059, 18.9763, 70.5693)
Luminance	0.1898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5EDD #ADDD5E

analogous

#5E6EDD #8E5EDD #CD5EDD

triadic

#8E5EDD #DD8E5E #5EDD8E

tetradic

#8E5EDD #DD5E6E #ADDD5E #5EDDCD

square

#8E5EDD #DD5E6E #ADDD5E #5EDDCD

split-complementary

#8E5EDD #DDCD5E #6EDD5E

monochromatic

#51229F #6B2CD2 #8E5EDD #B191E8 #D5C3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#8E5EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#8E5EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5EDD

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5EDD	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B79E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3177DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C7995

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 94, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.187 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38de8',
    500: '#8e5edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5edd;
$custom-light: #b38de8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.677,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59418,
    "c": 0.18669,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5EDD

secondary

#D1E3B4

accent

#CD1989

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5EDD

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

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