#8C5BE7#8C5BE7

#8C5BE7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.203 H 295.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C5BE7
RGB	rgb(140, 91, 231)
HSL	hsl(261, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(261, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 60.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.48, 49.95, -64.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.48, 81.26, 307.93°)
OKLab	oklab(59.45% 0.088 -0.1825)
OKLCH	oklch(59.45% 0.203 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.9763, 18.8266, 77.6930)
Luminance	0.1883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C5BE7 #B6E75B

analogous

#5B70E7 #8C5BE7 #D25BE7

triadic

#8C5BE7 #E78C5B #5BE78C

tetradic

#8C5BE7 #E75B70 #B6E75B #5BE7D2

square

#8C5BE7 #E75B70 #B6E75B #5BE7D2

split-complementary

#8C5BE7 #E7D25B #70E75B

monochromatic

#4E19AE #6726DF #8C5BE7 #B190EF #D7C6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#8C5BE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#8C5BE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C5BE7

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C5BE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C5BE7	1.00	4.41	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D76E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#757A99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c5be7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 91, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.203 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38cef',
    500: '#8c5be7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c5be7;
$custom-light: #b38cef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c5be7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261,
    "s": 74.468,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59447,
    "c": 0.2026,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C5BE7

secondary

#D6E8B6

accent

#D70F91

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C5BE7

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

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