#8E6CBC#8E6CBC

#8E6CBC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.123 H 302.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E6CBC
RGB	rgb(142, 108, 188)
HSL	hsl(266, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(266, 43%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 42.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.96, 29.95, -37.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.96, 47.79, 308.81°)
OKLab	oklab(59.79% 0.066 -0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(59.79% 0.123 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.5930, 20.1067, 50.0999)
Luminance	0.2011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E6CBC #9ABC6C

analogous

#6C72BC #8E6CBC #B66CBC

triadic

#8E6CBC #BC8E6C #6CBC8E

tetradic

#8E6CBC #BC6C72 #9ABC6C #6CBCB6

square

#8E6CBC #BC6C72 #9ABC6C #6CBCB6

split-complementary

#8E6CBC #BCB66C #72BC6C

monochromatic

#523677 #6F4AA1 #8E6CBC #AE96CF #CFC0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#8E6CBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#8E6CBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E6CBC

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E6CBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E6CBC	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#577BBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7CBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86798B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e6cbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 108, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.123 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b196d0',
    500: '#8e6cbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e6cbc;
$custom-light: #b196d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e6cbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.5,
    "s": 37.383,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59792,
    "c": 0.12308,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E6CBC

secondary

#C4D2B2

accent

#CD5A9D

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#110D14

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E6CBC

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

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