#8E7AED#8E7AED

#8E7AED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.167 H 288.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7AED
RGB	rgb(142, 122, 237)
HSL	hsl(250, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(250, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 48.5%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.83, 34.59, -55.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.83, 65.51, 301.87°)
OKLab	oklab(65.04% 0.054 -0.1576)
OKLCH	oklch(65.04% 0.167 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.3967, 25.7832, 83.3214)
Luminance	0.2578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7AED #D9ED7A

analogous

#7A9FED #8E7AED #C87AED

triadic

#8E7AED #ED8E7A #7AED8E

tetradic

#8E7AED #ED7A9F #D9ED7A #7AEDC8

square

#8E7AED #ED7A9F #D9ED7A #7AEDC8

split-complementary

#8E7AED #EDC87A #9FED7A

monochromatic

#3C1CD0 #6044E6 #8E7AED #BCB0F4 #E8E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#8E7AED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#8E7AED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7AED

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7AED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7AED	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C8DF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D88EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7491A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7aed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 122, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.167 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a0f3',
    500: '#8e7aed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7aed;
$custom-light: #b3a0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7aed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.435,
    "s": 76.159,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65043,
    "c": 0.16657,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7AED

secondary

#ECF1D2

accent

#D80DB5

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110F17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7AED

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

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