#8F5CEE#8F5CEE

#8F5CEE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.210 H 295.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F5CEE
RGB	rgb(143, 92, 238)
HSL	hsl(261, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(261, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 61.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.46, 51.86, -66.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.46, 84.28, 307.98°)
OKLab	oklab(60.38% 0.0904 -0.1893)
OKLCH	oklch(60.38% 0.21 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.5834, 19.6663, 83.0570)
Luminance	0.1967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8F5CEE #BBEE5C

analogous

#5C72EE #8F5CEE #D85CEE

triadic

#8F5CEE #EE8F5C #5CEE8F

tetradic

#8F5CEE #EE5C72 #BBEE5C #5CEED8

square

#8F5CEE #EE5C72 #BBEE5C #5CEED8

split-complementary

#8F5CEE #EED85C #72EE5C

monochromatic

#4E14BC #6925E8 #8F5CEE #B593F4 #DBCBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#8F5CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#8F5CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8F5CEE

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F5CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8F5CEE	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0078EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#777D9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f5cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 92, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.210 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b68cf4',
    500: '#8f5cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f5cee;
$custom-light: #b68cf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f5cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.959,
    "s": 81.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60375,
    "c": 0.20977,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F5CEE

secondary

#DAECBA

accent

#DD0893

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F5CEE

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

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