#8E5EE4#8E5EE4

#8E5EE4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.195 H 296.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5EE4
RGB	rgb(142, 94, 228)
HSL	hsl(261, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(261, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 58.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.10, 47.98, -61.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.10, 77.92, 308.01°)
OKLab	oklab(59.88% 0.0873 -0.1745)
OKLCH	oklch(59.88% 0.195 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1580, 19.3571, 75.5838)
Luminance	0.1936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5EE4 #B4E45E

analogous

#5E71E4 #8E5EE4 #D15EE4

triadic

#8E5EE4 #E48E5E #5EE48E

tetradic

#8E5EE4 #E45E71 #B4E45E #5EE4D1

square

#8E5EE4 #E45E71 #B4E45E #5EE4D1

split-complementary

#8E5EE4 #E4D15E #71E45E

monochromatic

#501DAB #692ADB #8E5EE4 #B392ED #D8C7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#8E5EE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#8E5EE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5EE4

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5EE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5EE4	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2578E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#797B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5ee4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 94, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.195 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48ded',
    500: '#8e5ee4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5ee4;
$custom-light: #b48ded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5ee4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.493,
    "s": 71.277,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59884,
    "c": 0.19512,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5EE4

secondary

#D6E7B7

accent

#D3128E

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5EE4

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

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