#8F5AE4#8F5AE4

#8F5AE4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.201 H 297.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F5AE4
RGB	rgb(143, 90, 228)
HSL	hsl(263, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(263, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 60.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.40, 50.35, -62.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.40, 80.28, 308.84°)
OKLab	oklab(59.39% 0.0932 -0.1778)
OKLCH	oklch(59.39% 0.201 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.9839, 18.7530, 75.4764)
Luminance	0.1875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F5AE4 #AFE45A

analogous

#5A6AE4 #8F5AE4 #D45AE4

triadic

#8F5AE4 #E48F5A #5AE48F

tetradic

#8F5AE4 #E45A6A #AFE45A #5AE4D4

square

#8F5AE4 #E45A6A #AFE45A #5AE4D4

split-complementary

#8F5AE4 #E4D45A #6AE45A

monochromatic

#511CA8 #6B25DB #8F5AE4 #B38FED #D6C3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#8F5AE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#8F5AE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8F5AE4

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F5AE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8F5AE4	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D76E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B7897

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f5ae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 90, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.201 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b58bed',
    500: '#8f5ae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f5ae4;
$custom-light: #b58bed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f5ae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.043,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59393,
    "c": 0.20074,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F5AE4

secondary

#D3E6B4

accent

#D41289

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F5AE4

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

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