#8C55E8#8C55E8

#8C55E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.212 H 296.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C55E8
RGB	rgb(140, 85, 232)
HSL	hsl(262, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(262, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 63.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.37, 53.37, -66.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.37, 85.23, 308.77°)
OKLab	oklab(58.66% 0.0945 -0.1894)
OKLCH	oklch(58.66% 0.212 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6254, 17.8981, 78.2748)
Luminance	0.1790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C55E8 #B1E855

analogous

#5568E8 #8C55E8 #D655E8

triadic

#8C55E8 #E88C55 #55E88C

tetradic

#8C55E8 #E85568 #B1E855 #55E8D6

square

#8C55E8 #E85568 #B1E855 #55E8D6

split-complementary

#8C55E8 #E8D655 #68E855

monochromatic

#4F17AB #681FE1 #8C55E8 #B08BEF #D5C1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#8C55E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#8C55E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C55E8

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C55E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C55E8	1.00	4.59	4.58	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#757797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c55e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 85, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.212 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b488f0',
    500: '#8c55e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c55e8;
$custom-light: #b488f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c55e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.449,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58662,
    "c": 0.2117,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C55E8

secondary

#D3E7B1

accent

#D80D8C

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C55E8

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

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