#8E61EE#8E61EE

#8E61EE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.203 H 294.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E61EE
RGB	rgb(142, 97, 238)
HSL	hsl(259, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(259, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 59.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.37, 48.96, -64.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.37, 81.35, 307.00°)
OKLab	oklab(61.02% 0.0835 -0.185)
OKLCH	oklch(61.02% 0.203 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8585, 20.4725, 83.1981)
Luminance	0.2047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E61EE #C1EE61

analogous

#617AEE #8E61EE #D461EE

triadic

#8E61EE #EE8E61 #61EE8E

tetradic

#8E61EE #EE617A #C1EE61 #61EED4

square

#8E61EE #EE617A #C1EE61 #61EED4

split-complementary

#8E61EE #EED461 #7AEE61

monochromatic

#4B15C0 #662AE8 #8E61EE #B698F4 #DDD0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#8E61EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#8E61EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E61EE

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E61EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E61EE	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#157BEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75809E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e61ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 97, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.203 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b590f4',
    500: '#8e61ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e61ee;
$custom-light: #b590f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e61ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.149,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61015,
    "c": 0.20301,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E61EE

secondary

#DEEDBE

accent

#DD0999

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120D17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E61EE

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

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