#8E6CED#8E6CED

#8E6CED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.187 H 292.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E6CED
RGB	rgb(142, 108, 237)
HSL	hsl(256, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(256, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 54.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.65, 42.60, -60.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.65, 74.19, 305.04°)
OKLab	oklab(62.67% 0.0708 -0.1726)
OKLCH	oklch(62.67% 0.187 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.7998, 22.5895, 82.7891)
Luminance	0.2259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E6CED #CBED6C

analogous

#6C8AED #8E6CED #CF6CED

triadic

#8E6CED #ED8E6C #6CED8E

tetradic

#8E6CED #ED6C8A #CBED6C #6CEDCF

square

#8E6CED #ED6C8A #CBED6C #6CEDCF

split-complementary

#8E6CED #EDCF6C #8AED6C

monochromatic

#4618C6 #6435E6 #8E6CED #B8A3F4 #E2D9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#8E6CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#8E6CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E6CED

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E6CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E6CED	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C85F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3580EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7587A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e6ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 108, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.187 292.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b497f3',
    500: '#8e6ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e6ced;
$custom-light: #b497f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e6ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.814,
    "s": 78.182,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62671,
    "c": 0.18656,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E6CED

secondary

#E4EEC6

accent

#DA0BA4

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E6CED

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

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