#8F5EDE#8F5EDE

#8F5EDE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.188 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F5EDE
RGB	rgb(143, 94, 222)
HSL	hsl(263, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(263, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 57.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.83, 46.67, -58.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.83, 74.79, 308.61°)
OKLab	oklab(59.58% 0.0887 -0.1658)
OKLCH	oklch(59.58% 0.188 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.5119, 19.1186, 71.2812)
Luminance	0.1912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F5EDE #ADDE5E

analogous

#5E6DDE #8F5EDE #CF5EDE

triadic

#8F5EDE #DE8F5E #5EDE8F

tetradic

#8F5EDE #DE5E6D #ADDE5E #5EDECF

square

#8F5EDE #DE5E6D #ADDE5E #5EDECF

split-complementary

#8F5EDE #DECF5E #6DDE5E

monochromatic

#5221A1 #6C2BD3 #8F5EDE #B291E8 #D6C4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#8F5EDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#8F5EDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8F5EDE

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F5EDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8F5EDE	1.00	4.35	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1979E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3178DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D7995

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f5ede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 94, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.188 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48de9',
    500: '#8f5ede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f5ede;
$custom-light: #b48de9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f5ede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.969,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59584,
    "c": 0.18803,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F5EDE

secondary

#D1E4B4

accent

#CE1888

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F5EDE

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

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