#8E6CF9#8E6CF9

#8E6CF9 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.202 H 290.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E6CF9
RGB	rgb(142, 108, 249)
HSL	hsl(254, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(254, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 56.6%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.39, 45.85, -66.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.39, 80.53, 304.70°)
OKLab	oklab(63.46% 0.071 -0.1887)
OKLCH	oklch(63.46% 0.202 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6120, 23.3143, 92.3333)
Luminance	0.2331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E6CF9 #D7F96C

analogous

#6C91F9 #8E6CF9 #D46CF9

triadic

#8E6CF9 #F98E6C #6CF98E

tetradic

#8E6CF9 #F96C91 #D7F96C #6CF9D4

square

#8E6CF9 #F96C91 #D7F96C #6CF9D4

split-complementary

#8E6CF9 #F9D46C #91F96C

monochromatic

#3D09E1 #6131F7 #8E6CF9 #BBA7FB #E8E2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#8E6CF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#8E6CF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E6CF9

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E6CF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E6CF9	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F87FE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D82F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F8BA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e6cf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 108, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.202 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b597fc',
    500: '#8e6cf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e6cf9;
$custom-light: #b597fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e6cf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.468,
    "s": 92.157,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63462,
    "c": 0.20157,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E6CF9

secondary

#EBF4CD

accent

#E600AE

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#120D18

muted

#817E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E6CF9

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

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