#8C5BED#8C5BED

#8C5BED is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.210 H 294.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C5BED
RGB	rgb(140, 91, 237)
HSL	hsl(260, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(260, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 61.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.89, 51.51, -66.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.89, 84.36, 307.63°)
OKLab	oklab(59.87% 0.0876 -0.1905)
OKLCH	oklch(59.87% 0.21 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8383, 19.1713, 82.2327)
Luminance	0.1917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C5BED #BCED5B

analogous

#5B73ED #8C5BED #D55BED

triadic

#8C5BED #ED8C5B #5BED8C

tetradic

#8C5BED #ED5B73 #BCED5B #5BEDD5

square

#8C5BED #ED5B73 #BCED5B #5BEDD5

split-complementary

#8C5BED #EDD55B #73ED5B

monochromatic

#4C14B9 #6524E7 #8C5BED #B392F3 #D9C9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#8C5BED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#8C5BED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C5BED

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C5BED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C5BED	1.00	4.34	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0077EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#727C9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c5bed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 91, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.210 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48cf4',
    500: '#8c5bed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c5bed;
$custom-light: #b48cf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c5bed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.137,
    "s": 80.22,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59869,
    "c": 0.20969,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C5BED

secondary

#DAEBB9

accent

#DD0996

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C5BED

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

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