#8B41DE#8B41DE

#8B41DE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.225 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B41DE
RGB	rgb(139, 65, 222)
HSL	hsl(268, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(268, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 70.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.00, 60.46, -67.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.00, 90.91, 311.69°)
OKLab	oklab(55.28% 0.1148 -0.1936)
OKLCH	oklch(55.28% 0.225 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.7193, 14.5433, 70.5452)
Luminance	0.1454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B41DE #94DE41

analogous

#4146DE #8B41DE #DA41DE

triadic

#8B41DE #DE8B41 #41DE8B

tetradic

#8B41DE #DE4146 #94DE41 #41DEDA

square

#8B41DE #DE4146 #94DE41 #41DEDA

split-complementary

#8B41DE #DEDA41 #46DE41

monochromatic

#4F188C #6C21C0 #8B41DE #AB75E7 #CBA9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#8B41DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#8B41DE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B41DE

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B41DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B41DE	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0069DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79678B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b41de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 65, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.225 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37ce9',
    500: '#8b41de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b41de;
$custom-light: #b37ce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b41de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.28,
    "s": 70.404,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55279,
    "c": 0.22511,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B41DE

secondary

#BFDE9D

accent

#ED3B99

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFD

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B41DE

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

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