#8C3ED5#8C3ED5

#8C3ED5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.219 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C3ED5
RGB	rgb(140, 62, 213)
HSL	hsl(271, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 71%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 70.9%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.98, 59.87, -64.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.98, 87.92, 312.91°)
OKLab	oklab(54.37% 0.1207 -0.1833)
OKLCH	oklch(54.37% 0.219 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.5453, 13.8248, 64.3132)
Luminance	0.1383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C3ED5 #87D53E

analogous

#413ED5 #8C3ED5 #D53ED3

triadic

#8C3ED5 #D58C3E #3ED58C

tetradic

#8C3ED5 #D5413E #87D53E #3ED3D5

square

#8C3ED5 #D5413E #87D53E #3ED3D5

split-complementary

#8C3ED5 #D3D53E #3ED541

monochromatic

#4E1B7D #6D26B0 #8C3ED5 #AA70E0 #C8A3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#8C3ED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#8C3ED5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C3ED5

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C3ED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C3ED5	1.00	5.58	3.77	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0068D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D6286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c3ed5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 62, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.219 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37ae3',
    500: '#8c3ed5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c3ed5;
$custom-light: #b37ae3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c3ed5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.993,
    "s": 64.255,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54371,
    "c": 0.21944,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C3ED5

secondary

#B6D897

accent

#E74191

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C3ED5

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

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