#8E5EDE#8E5EDE

#8E5EDE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.188 H 297.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5EDE
RGB	rgb(142, 94, 222)
HSL	hsl(263, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(263, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 57.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.72, 46.44, -58.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.72, 74.78, 308.39°)
OKLab	oklab(59.48% 0.0874 -0.1664)
OKLCH	oklch(59.48% 0.188 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.3395, 19.0297, 71.2731)
Luminance	0.1903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5EDE #AEDE5E

analogous

#5E6EDE #8E5EDE #CE5EDE

triadic

#8E5EDE #DE8E5E #5EDE8E

tetradic

#8E5EDE #DE5E6E #AEDE5E #5EDECE

square

#8E5EDE #DE5E6E #AEDE5E #5EDECE

split-complementary

#8E5EDE #DECE5E #6EDE5E

monochromatic

#5121A1 #6A2BD3 #8E5EDE #B291E8 #D5C4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#8E5EDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#8E5EDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5EDE

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5EDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5EDE	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1879E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3077DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C7995

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5ede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 94, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.188 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48de9',
    500: '#8e5ede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5ede;
$custom-light: #b48de9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5ede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59484,
    "c": 0.1879,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5EDE

secondary

#D2E4B4

accent

#CE188A

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5EDE

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

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