#8E5EEE#8E5EEE

#8E5EEE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.207 H 294.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5EEE
RGB	rgb(142, 94, 238)
HSL	hsl(260, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(260, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 60.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.76, 50.58, -65.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.76, 83.12, 307.49°)
OKLab	oklab(60.57% 0.0869 -0.1879)
OKLCH	oklch(60.57% 0.207 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.5866, 19.9285, 83.1074)
Luminance	0.1993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5EEE #BEEE5E

analogous

#5E76EE #8E5EEE #D65EEE

triadic

#8E5EEE #EE8E5E #5EEE8E

tetradic

#8E5EEE #EE5E76 #BEEE5E #5EEED6

square

#8E5EEE #EE5E76 #BEEE5E #5EEED6

split-complementary

#8E5EEE #EED65E #76EE5E

monochromatic

#4D14BE #6727E8 #8E5EEE #B595F4 #DCCDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#8E5EEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#8E5EEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5EEE

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5EEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5EEE	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0379EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#757E9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5eee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 94, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.207 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b58ef4',
    500: '#8e5eee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5eee;
$custom-light: #b58ef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5eee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 80.899,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60569,
    "c": 0.20703,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5EEE

secondary

#DCECBB

accent

#DD0896

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5EEE

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

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