#8C5AED#8C5AED

#8C5AED is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.211 H 294.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C5AED
RGB	rgb(140, 90, 237)
HSL	hsl(260, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(260, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 62%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.69, 52.04, -67.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.69, 84.94, 307.78°)
OKLab	oklab(59.72% 0.0887 -0.1914)
OKLCH	oklch(59.72% 0.211 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.7534, 19.0015, 82.2044)
Luminance	0.1900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C5AED #BBED5A

analogous

#5A72ED #8C5AED #D65AED

triadic

#8C5AED #ED8C5A #5AED8C

tetradic

#8C5AED #ED5A72 #BBED5A #5AEDD6

square

#8C5AED #ED5A72 #BBED5A #5AEDD6

split-complementary

#8C5AED #EDD65A #72ED5A

monochromatic

#4C14B8 #6623E7 #8C5AED #B291F3 #D9C8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#8C5AED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#8C5AED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C5AED

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C5AED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C5AED	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0076EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#737B9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c5aed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 90, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.211 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48bf4',
    500: '#8c5aed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c5aed;
$custom-light: #b48bf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c5aed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.408,
    "s": 80.328,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59725,
    "c": 0.211,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C5AED

secondary

#DAEBB8

accent

#DD0995

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C5AED

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

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