#8E5EF4#8E5EF4

#8E5EF4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.214 H 293.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5EF4
RGB	rgb(142, 94, 244)
HSL	hsl(259, 87%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(259, 61%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 61.5%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.16, 52.16, -68.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.16, 86.22, 307.22°)
OKLab	oklab(60.99% 0.0865 -0.1959)
OKLCH	oklch(60.99% 0.214 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4828, 20.2870, 87.8274)
Luminance	0.2029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5EF4 #C4F45E

analogous

#5E79F4 #8E5EF4 #D95EF4

triadic

#8E5EF4 #F48E5E #5EF48E

tetradic

#8E5EF4 #F45E79 #C4F45E #5EF4D9

square

#8E5EF4 #F45E79 #C4F45E #5EF4D9

split-complementary

#8E5EF4 #F4D95E #79F45E

monochromatic

#4A0ECA #6625F0 #8E5EF4 #B697F8 #DED1FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#8E5EF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#8E5EF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5EF4

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5EF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5EF4	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EF9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#007AF1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7280A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5ef4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 94, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.214 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b68ef9',
    500: '#8e5ef4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5ef4;
$custom-light: #b68ef9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5ef4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.2,
    "s": 87.209,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60991,
    "c": 0.21412,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5EF4

secondary

#E0EFBE

accent

#E4029B

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5EF4

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

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