#8C55DC#8C55DC

#8C55DC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.198 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8C55DC
RGBrgb(140, 85, 220)
HSLhsl(264, 66%, 60%)
HSVhsv(264, 61%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(36.4%, 61.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LABlab(48.56, 50.32, -60.98)
CIE-LCHlch(48.56, 79.06, 309.53°)
OKLaboklab(57.82% 0.0954 -0.1733)
OKLCHoklch(57.82% 0.198 298.8)
XYZxyz(26.9788, 17.2394, 69.6024)
Luminance0.1724 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8C55DC #A5DC55
analogous
#5562DC #8C55DC #CF55DC
triadic
#8C55DC #DC8C55 #55DC8C
tetradic
#8C55DC #DC5562 #A5DC55 #55DCCF
square
#8C55DC #DC5562 #A5DC55 #55DCCF
split-complementary
#8C55DC #DCCF55 #62DC55
monochromatic
#501F97 #6B2ACA #8C55DC #AE88E6 #D1BBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72
#8C55DC on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45
#8C55DC on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C55DC
4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8C55DC#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8C55DC1.004.724.454.72
#FFFFFF4.721.0021.001.00
#0000004.4521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.721.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0073E0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#1C72D9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#7A7291
Achromatopsia (no color)
#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8c55dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 85, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.198 298.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b387e8',
    500: '#8c55dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8c55dc;
$custom-light: #b387e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8c55dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.444,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57816,
    "c": 0.19783,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8C55DC
secondary
#CBE0AC
accent
#E93FA4
background
#FBF8FE
surface
#F6F0FD
border
#D0CBD5
text
#110B16
muted
#807C84

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#8C55DC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva