#8E5EDF#8E5EDF

#8E5EDF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.189 H 297.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5EDF
RGB	rgb(142, 94, 223)
HSL	hsl(262, 67%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(262, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.3%, 57.8%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.78, 46.69, -59.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.78, 75.31, 308.32°)
OKLab	oklab(59.55% 0.0874 -0.1677)
OKLCH	oklch(59.55% 0.189 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.4740, 19.0835, 71.9811)
Luminance	0.1908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5EDF #AFDF5E

analogous

#5E6EDF #8E5EDF #CF5EDF

triadic

#8E5EDF #DF8E5E #5EDF8E

tetradic

#8E5EDF #DF5E6E #AFDF5E #5EDFCF

square

#8E5EDF #DF5E6E #AFDF5E #5EDFCF

split-complementary

#8E5EDF #DFCF5E #6EDF5E

monochromatic

#5120A2 #6A2BD5 #8E5EDF #B291E9 #D6C4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#8E5EDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#8E5EDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5EDF

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5EDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5EDF	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1679E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E77DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B7996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5edf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 94, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.189 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48dea',
    500: '#8e5edf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5edf;
$custom-light: #b48dea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5edf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.326,
    "s": 66.839,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5955,
    "c": 0.1891,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5EDF

secondary

#D2E4B5

accent

#CF178A

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5EDF

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

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