#8E80CD#8E80CD

#8E80CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.114 H 291.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E80CD
RGB	rgb(142, 128, 205)
HSL	hsl(251, 44%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(251, 38%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 37.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.65, 22.56, -37.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.65, 44.18, 300.70°)
OKLab	oklab(64.38% 0.0412 -0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(64.38% 0.114 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8911, 25.5963, 61.1115)
Luminance	0.2560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E80CD #BFCD80

analogous

#8098CD #8E80CD #B480CD

triadic

#8E80CD #CD8E80 #80CD8E

tetradic

#8E80CD #CD8098 #BFCD80 #80CDB4

square

#8E80CD #CD8098 #BFCD80 #80CDB4

split-complementary

#8E80CD #CDB480 #98CD80

monochromatic

#4C3B97 #6754BC #8E80CD #B5ACDE #DCD8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#8E80CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#8E80CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E80CD

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E80CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E80CD	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A8CD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B89CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F8E9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e80cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 128, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.114 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a5dc',
    500: '#8e80cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e80cd;
$custom-light: #b1a5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e80cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 43.503,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64376,
    "c": 0.11381,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E80CD

secondary

#DDE1C7

accent

#B72F9E

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#110F15

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E80CD

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

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