#8C5CE4#8C5CE4

#8C5CE4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.198 H 296.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C5CE4
RGB	rgb(140, 92, 228)
HSL	hsl(261, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(261, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 59.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.49, 48.63, -62.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.49, 79.11, 307.93°)
OKLab	oklab(59.39% 0.087 -0.1775)
OKLCH	oklch(59.39% 0.198 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.6423, 18.8306, 75.5094)
Luminance	0.1883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C5CE4 #B4E45C

analogous

#5C70E4 #8C5CE4 #D05CE4

triadic

#8C5CE4 #E48C5C #5CE48C

tetradic

#8C5CE4 #E45C70 #B4E45C #5CE4D0

square

#8C5CE4 #E45C70 #B4E45C #5CE4D0

split-complementary

#8C5CE4 #E4D05C #70E45C

monochromatic

#4E1CAA #6727DB #8C5CE4 #B191ED #D6C5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#8C5CE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#8C5CE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C5CE4

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C5CE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C5CE4	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)

#0079E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C76E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767A97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c5ce4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 92, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.198 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38ced',
    500: '#8c5ce4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c5ce4;
$custom-light: #b38ced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c5ce4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.176,
    "s": 71.579,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59388,
    "c": 0.19768,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C5CE4

secondary

#D5E7B5

accent

#D4128F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C5CE4

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

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