#8F5AE5#8F5AE5

#8F5AE5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.202 H 297.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F5AE5
RGB	rgb(143, 90, 229)
HSL	hsl(263, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(263, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 60.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.46, 50.61, -62.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.46, 80.80, 308.78°)
OKLab	oklab(59.46% 0.0931 -0.1792)
OKLCH	oklch(59.46% 0.202 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.1231, 18.8087, 76.2096)
Luminance	0.1881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F5AE5 #B0E55A

analogous

#5A6AE5 #8F5AE5 #D55AE5

triadic

#8F5AE5 #E58F5A #5AE58F

tetradic

#8F5AE5 #E55A6A #B0E55A #5AE5D5

square

#8F5AE5 #E55A6A #B0E55A #5AE5D5

split-complementary

#8F5AE5 #E5D55A #6AE55A

monochromatic

#511BAA #6B25DD #8F5AE5 #B38FED #D7C4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#8F5AE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#8F5AE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8F5AE5

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F5AE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8F5AE5	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A77E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B7897

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f5ae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 90, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.202 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b58bee',
    500: '#8f5ae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f5ae5;
$custom-light: #b58bee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f5ae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.878,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59462,
    "c": 0.20191,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F5AE5

secondary

#D3E7B4

accent

#D5118A

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F5AE5

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

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