#8E6BDD#8E6BDD

#8E6BDD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.168 H 295.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E6BDD
RGB	rgb(142, 107, 221)
HSL	hsl(258, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(258, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 51.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.48, 38.91, -53.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.48, 66.26, 305.96°)
OKLab	oklab(61.5% 0.0713 -0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(61.5% 0.168 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.4608, 21.4861, 70.9877)
Luminance	0.2149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E6BDD #BADD6B

analogous

#6B81DD #8E6BDD #C76BDD

triadic

#8E6BDD #DD8E6B #6BDD8E

tetradic

#8E6BDD #DD6B81 #BADD6B #6BDDC7

square

#8E6BDD #DD6B81 #BADD6B #6BDDC7

split-complementary

#8E6BDD #DDC76B #81DD6B

monochromatic

#4E26A7 #6839D2 #8E6BDD #B49DE8 #DACFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#8E6BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#8E6BDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E6BDD

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E6BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E6BDD	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E81E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#467EDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B829A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e6bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 107, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.168 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b396e8',
    500: '#8e6bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e6bdd;
$custom-light: #b396e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e6bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.421,
    "s": 62.637,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61499,
    "c": 0.16766,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E6BDD

secondary

#DAE6BE

accent

#CA1B95

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E6BDD

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

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