#8C5AE4#8C5AE4

#8C5AE4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.200 H 296.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C5AE4
RGB	rgb(140, 90, 228)
HSL	hsl(262, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(262, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 60.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.08, 49.71, -63.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.08, 80.28, 308.25°)
OKLab	oklab(59.09% 0.0892 -0.1794)
OKLCH	oklch(59.09% 0.2 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.4714, 18.4887, 75.4524)
Luminance	0.1849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C5AE4 #B2E45A

analogous

#5A6DE4 #8C5AE4 #D15AE4

triadic

#8C5AE4 #E48C5A #5AE48C

tetradic

#8C5AE4 #E45A6D #B2E45A #5AE4D1

square

#8C5AE4 #E45A6D #B2E45A #5AE4D1

split-complementary

#8C5AE4 #E4D15A #6DE45A

monochromatic

#4E1CA8 #6725DB #8C5AE4 #B18FED #D5C3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#8C5AE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#8C5AE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C5AE4

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C5AE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C5AE4	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1575E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767897

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c5ae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 90, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.200 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38bed',
    500: '#8c5ae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c5ae4;
$custom-light: #b38bed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c5ae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.739,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59093,
    "c": 0.20041,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C5AE4

secondary

#D4E6B4

accent

#D4128E

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C5AE4

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

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