#8E5EF3#8E5EF3

#8E5EF3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.213 H 294.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5EF3
RGB	rgb(142, 94, 243)
HSL	hsl(259, 86%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(259, 61%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 61.3%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.09, 51.89, -68.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.09, 85.71, 307.26°)
OKLab	oklab(60.92% 0.0866 -0.1946)
OKLCH	oklch(60.92% 0.213 294)
XYZ	xyz(31.3314, 20.2265, 87.0300)
Luminance	0.2023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5EF3 #C3F35E

analogous

#5E78F3 #8E5EF3 #D85EF3

triadic

#8E5EF3 #F38E5E #5EF38E

tetradic

#8E5EF3 #F35E78 #C3F35E #5EF3D8

square

#8E5EF3 #F35E78 #C3F35E #5EF3D8

split-complementary

#8E5EF3 #F3D85E #78F35E

monochromatic

#4A0FC8 #6625EF #8E5EF3 #B697F7 #DED0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#8E5EF3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#8E5EF3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5EF3

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5EF3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5EF3	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EF8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#007AF0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7380A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5ef3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 94, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.213 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b58ef8',
    500: '#8e5ef3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5ef3;
$custom-light: #b58ef8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5ef3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.329,
    "s": 86.127,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6092,
    "c": 0.21295,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.20227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5EF3

secondary

#DFEFBE

accent

#E3039B

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5EF3

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

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