#8E5EE8#8E5EE8

#8E5EE8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.200 H 295.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5EE8
RGB	rgb(142, 94, 232)
HSL	hsl(261, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(261, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 59.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.36, 49.02, -63.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.36, 80.00, 307.79°)
OKLab	oklab(60.16% 0.0871 -0.1799)
OKLCH	oklch(60.16% 0.2 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.7197, 19.5818, 78.5421)
Luminance	0.1958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5EE8 #B8E85E

analogous

#5E73E8 #8E5EE8 #D35EE8

triadic

#8E5EE8 #E88E5E #5EE88E

tetradic

#8E5EE8 #E85E73 #B8E85E #5EE8D3

square

#8E5EE8 #E85E73 #B8E85E #5EE8D3

split-complementary

#8E5EE8 #E8D35E #73E85E

monochromatic

#4F19B2 #6828E0 #8E5EE8 #B494F0 #D9C9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#8E5EE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#8E5EE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5EE8

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5EE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5EE8	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C78E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787C9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5ee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 94, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.200 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48ef0',
    500: '#8e5ee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5ee8;
$custom-light: #b48ef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5ee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.87,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60155,
    "c": 0.1999,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5EE8

secondary

#D8E9B9

accent

#D70E91

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5EE8

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

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