#8C5ADE#8C5ADE

#8C5ADE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.193 H 297.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C5ADE
RGB	rgb(140, 90, 222)
HSL	hsl(263, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(263, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 59.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.69, 48.16, -60.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.69, 77.16, 308.62°)
OKLab	oklab(58.68% 0.0895 -0.1713)
OKLCH	oklch(58.68% 0.193 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.6529, 18.1613, 71.1417)
Luminance	0.1816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C5ADE #ACDE5A

analogous

#5A6ADE #8C5ADE #CE5ADE

triadic

#8C5ADE #DE8C5A #5ADE8C

tetradic

#8C5ADE #DE5A6A #ACDE5A #5ADECE

square

#8C5ADE #DE5A6A #ACDE5A #5ADECE

split-complementary

#8C5ADE #DECE5A #6ADE5A

monochromatic

#4F209E #692AD1 #8C5ADE #B08DE8 #D3C0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#8C5ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#8C5ADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C5ADE

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C5ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C5ADE	1.00	4.53	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2475DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#797693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c5ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 90, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.193 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28be9',
    500: '#8c5ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c5ade;
$custom-light: #b28be9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c5ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.727,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58681,
    "c": 0.19328,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C5ADE

secondary

#D0E3B1

accent

#CF1789

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C5ADE

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

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