#8E6EE2#8E6EE2

#8E6EE2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.170 H 293.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E6EE2
RGB	rgb(142, 110, 226)
HSL	hsl(257, 67%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(257, 51%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 51.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.44, 38.52, -54.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.44, 67.07, 305.05°)
OKLab	oklab(62.31% 0.0679 -0.1555)
OKLCH	oklch(62.31% 0.17 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.4551, 22.3930, 74.6545)
Luminance	0.2239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E6EE2 #C2E26E

analogous

#6E88E2 #8E6EE2 #C86EE2

triadic

#8E6EE2 #E28E6E #6EE28E

tetradic

#8E6EE2 #E26E88 #C2E26E #6EE2C8

square

#8E6EE2 #E26E88 #C2E26E #6EE2C8

split-complementary

#8E6EE2 #E2C86E #88E26E

monochromatic

#4B24B2 #663BD8 #8E6EE2 #B6A1EC #DDD4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#8E6EE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#8E6EE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E6EE2

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E6EE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E6EE2	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F84E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4580DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79859E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e6ee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 110, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.170 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b398ec',
    500: '#8e6ee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e6ee2;
$custom-light: #b398ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e6ee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.552,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62309,
    "c": 0.16964,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E6EE2

secondary

#DEE9C3

accent

#CF179C

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E6EE2

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

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