#8E5EED#8E5EED

#8E5EED is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.206 H 295.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5EED
RGB	rgb(142, 94, 237)
HSL	hsl(260, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(260, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 60.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.69, 50.32, -65.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.69, 82.60, 307.53°)
OKLab	oklab(60.5% 0.0869 -0.1866)
OKLCH	oklch(60.5% 0.206 295)
XYZ	xyz(30.4401, 19.8699, 82.3358)
Luminance	0.1987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5EED #BDED5E

analogous

#5E75ED #8E5EED #D65EED

triadic

#8E5EED #ED8E5E #5EED8E

tetradic

#8E5EED #ED5E75 #BDED5E #5EEDD6

square

#8E5EED #ED5E75 #BDED5E #5EEDD6

split-complementary

#8E5EED #EDD65E #75ED5E

monochromatic

#4D15BC #6727E7 #8E5EED #B595F3 #DBCCF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#8E5EED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#8E5EED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5EED

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5EED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5EED	1.00	4.22	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0979EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767E9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5eed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 94, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.206 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b58ef4',
    500: '#8e5eed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5eed;
$custom-light: #b58ef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5eed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.14,
    "s": 79.888,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.605,
    "c": 0.20585,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.19871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5EED

secondary

#DBECBB

accent

#DC0995

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5EED

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

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