#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
RGB	rgb(140, 85, 220)
HSL	hsl(264, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(264, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 61.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.56, 50.32, -60.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.56, 79.06, 309.53°)
OKLab	oklab(57.82% 0.0954 -0.1733)
OKLCH	oklch(57.82% 0.198 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.9788, 17.2394, 69.6024)
Luminance	0.1724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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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
##8C55DC	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C55DC

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

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