#8E5EF2#8E5EF2

#8E5EF2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.212 H 294.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5EF2
RGB	rgb(142, 94, 242)
HSL	hsl(259, 85%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(259, 61%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 61.2%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.02, 51.63, -67.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.02, 85.19, 307.31°)
OKLab	oklab(60.85% 0.0866 -0.1932)
OKLCH	oklch(60.85% 0.212 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.1808, 20.1662, 86.2368)
Luminance	0.2017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5EF2 #C2F25E

analogous

#5E78F2 #8E5EF2 #D85EF2

triadic

#8E5EF2 #F28E5E #5EF28E

tetradic

#8E5EF2 #F25E78 #C2F25E #5EF2D8

square

#8E5EF2 #F25E78 #C2F25E #5EF2D8

split-complementary

#8E5EF2 #F2D85E #78F25E

monochromatic

#4B10C6 #6625ED #8E5EF2 #B697F7 #DDCFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#8E5EF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#8E5EF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5EF2

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5EF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5EF2	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EF7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#007AEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#737F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5ef2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 94, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.212 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b58ef7',
    500: '#8e5ef2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5ef2;
$custom-light: #b58ef7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5ef2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.459,
    "s": 85.057,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60849,
    "c": 0.21177,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5EF2

secondary

#DEEEBD

accent

#E2049A

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5EF2

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

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