#8E60EE#8E60EE

#8E60EE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.204 H 294.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E60EE
RGB	rgb(142, 96, 238)
HSL	hsl(259, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(259, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 59.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.16, 49.51, -65.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.16, 81.95, 307.17°)
OKLab	oklab(60.87% 0.0846 -0.186)
OKLCH	oklch(60.87% 0.204 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7667, 20.2888, 83.1675)
Luminance	0.2029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E60EE #C0EE60

analogous

#6079EE #8E60EE #D560EE

triadic

#8E60EE #EE8E60 #60EE8E

tetradic

#8E60EE #EE6079 #C0EE60 #60EED5

square

#8E60EE #EE6079 #C0EE60 #60EED5

split-complementary

#8E60EE #EED560 #79EE60

monochromatic

#4C14BF #6729E8 #8E60EE #B597F4 #DDCFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#8E60EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#8E60EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E60EE

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E60EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E60EE	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)

#007EF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#107AEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#757F9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e60ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 96, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.204 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b58ff4',
    500: '#8e60ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e60ee;
$custom-light: #b58ff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e60ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.437,
    "s": 80.682,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60865,
    "c": 0.20436,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E60EE

secondary

#DDEDBD

accent

#DD0898

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E60EE

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

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