#8E5EE9#8E5EE9

#8E5EE9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.201 H 295.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5EE9
RGB	rgb(142, 94, 233)
HSL	hsl(261, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(261, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 59.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.43, 49.28, -63.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.43, 80.52, 307.73°)
OKLab	oklab(60.22% 0.0871 -0.1812)
OKLCH	oklch(60.22% 0.201 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8622, 19.6388, 79.2923)
Luminance	0.1964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5EE9 #B9E95E

analogous

#5E74E9 #8E5EE9 #D35EE9

triadic

#8E5EE9 #E98E5E #5EE98E

tetradic

#8E5EE9 #E95E74 #B9E95E #5EE9D3

square

#8E5EE9 #E95E74 #B9E95E #5EE9D3

split-complementary

#8E5EE9 #E9D35E #74E95E

monochromatic

#4E19B4 #6828E2 #8E5EE9 #B494F0 #DACAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#8E5EE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#8E5EE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5EE9

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5EE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5EE9	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1979E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#777C9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5ee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 94, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.201 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b58ef1',
    500: '#8e5ee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5ee9;
$custom-light: #b58ef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5ee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.719,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60224,
    "c": 0.20109,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5EE9

secondary

#D9EAB9

accent

#D80D92

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5EE9

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

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