#8C5CE3#8C5CE3

#8C5CE3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.196 H 296.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C5CE3
RGB	rgb(140, 92, 227)
HSL	hsl(261, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(261, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 59.5%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.42, 48.37, -61.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.42, 78.58, 307.99°)
OKLab	oklab(59.32% 0.087 -0.1762)
OKLCH	oklch(59.32% 0.196 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.5039, 18.7753, 74.7804)
Luminance	0.1878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C5CE3 #B3E35C

analogous

#5C70E3 #8C5CE3 #CF5CE3

triadic

#8C5CE3 #E38C5C #5CE38C

tetradic

#8C5CE3 #E35C70 #B3E35C #5CE3CF

square

#8C5CE3 #E35C70 #B3E35C #5CE3CF

split-complementary

#8C5CE3 #E3CF5C #70E35C

monochromatic

#4E1DA8 #6728DA #8C5CE3 #B190EC #D6C4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#8C5CE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#8C5CE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C5CE3

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C5CE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C5CE3	1.00	4.42	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E76E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#777997

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c5ce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 92, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.196 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38ced',
    500: '#8c5ce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c5ce3;
$custom-light: #b38ced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c5ce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.333,
    "s": 70.681,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59319,
    "c": 0.19649,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C5CE3

secondary

#D4E6B5

accent

#D3138E

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C5CE3

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

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