#8E5EEF#8E5EEF

#8E5EEF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.208 H 294.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5EEF
RGB	rgb(142, 94, 239)
HSL	hsl(260, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(260, 61%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 60.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.82, 50.85, -66.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.82, 83.64, 307.44°)
OKLab	oklab(60.64% 0.0868 -0.1893)
OKLCH	oklch(60.64% 0.208 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7339, 19.9875, 83.8833)
Luminance	0.1999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5EEF #BFEF5E

analogous

#5E76EF #8E5EEF #D65EEF

triadic

#8E5EEF #EF8E5E #5EEF8E

tetradic

#8E5EEF #EF5E76 #BFEF5E #5EEFD6

square

#8E5EEF #EF5E76 #BFEF5E #5EEFD6

split-complementary

#8E5EEF #EFD65E #76EF5E

monochromatic

#4C13C0 #6726E9 #8E5EEF #B596F5 #DCCDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#8E5EEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#8E5EEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5EEF

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5EEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5EEF	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0079EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#757E9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5eef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 94, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.208 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b58ef5',
    500: '#8e5eef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5eef;
$custom-light: #b58ef5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5eef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.862,
    "s": 81.921,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60639,
    "c": 0.20822,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5EEF

secondary

#DDEDBC

accent

#DE0797

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5EEF

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

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