#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
RGBrgb(140, 85, 232)
HSLhsl(262, 76%, 62%)
HSVhsv(262, 63%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(39.7%, 63.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LABlab(49.37, 53.37, -66.45)
CIE-LCHlch(49.37, 85.23, 308.77°)
OKLaboklab(58.66% 0.0945 -0.1894)
OKLCHoklch(58.66% 0.212 296.5)
XYZxyz(28.6254, 17.8981, 78.2748)
Luminance0.1790 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##8C55E81.004.594.584.59
#FFFFFF4.591.0021.001.00
#0000004.5821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.591.0021.001.00

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

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#8C55E8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva