#8E6DEC#8E6DEC

#8E6DEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.184 H 292.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E6DEC
RGB	rgb(142, 109, 236)
HSL	hsl(256, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(256, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 53.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.81, 41.76, -59.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.81, 73.04, 304.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.77% 0.0696 -0.1702)
OKLCH	oklch(62.77% 0.184 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.7602, 22.7433, 82.0571)
Luminance	0.2274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E6DEC #CBEC6D

analogous

#6D8BEC #8E6DEC #CE6DEC

triadic

#8E6DEC #EC8E6D #6DEC8E

tetradic

#8E6DEC #EC6D8B #CBEC6D #6DECCE

square

#8E6DEC #EC6D8B #CBEC6D #6DECCE

split-complementary

#8E6DEC #ECCE6D #8BEC6D

monochromatic

#461AC5 #6437E5 #8E6DEC #B8A3F3 #E2D9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#8E6DEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#8E6DEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E6DEC

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E6DEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E6DEC	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3185F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3881E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7588A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e6dec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 109, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.184 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b498f3',
    500: '#8e6dec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e6dec;
$custom-light: #b498f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e6dec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.591,
    "s": 76.97,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6277,
    "c": 0.18388,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E6DEC

secondary

#E4EEC7

accent

#D90CA4

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E6DEC

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

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