#8F5AEE#8F5AEE

#8F5AEE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.212 H 295.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F5AEE
RGB	rgb(143, 90, 238)
HSL	hsl(261, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(261, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 62.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.06, 52.91, -67.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.06, 85.43, 308.27°)
OKLab	oklab(60.09% 0.0925 -0.1912)
OKLCH	oklch(60.09% 0.212 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.4124, 19.3244, 83.0000)
Luminance	0.1933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F5AEE #B9EE5A

analogous

#5A6FEE #8F5AEE #D95AEE

triadic

#8F5AEE #EE8F5A #5AEE8F

tetradic

#8F5AEE #EE5A6F #B9EE5A #5AEED9

square

#8F5AEE #EE5A6F #B9EE5A #5AEED9

split-complementary

#8F5AEE #EED95A #6FEE5A

monochromatic

#4F13BA #6923E8 #8F5AEE #B591F4 #DAC9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#8F5AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#8F5AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8F5AEE

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F5AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8F5AEE	1.00	4.32	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0078EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#777C9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f5aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 90, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.212 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b68bf4',
    500: '#8f5aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f5aee;
$custom-light: #b68bf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f5aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.486,
    "s": 81.319,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6009,
    "c": 0.2124,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F5AEE

secondary

#D9ECB8

accent

#DE0891

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F5AEE

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

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