#8C5CE5#8C5CE5

#8C5CE5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.199 H 295.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C5CE5
RGB	rgb(140, 92, 229)
HSL	hsl(261, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(261, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 59.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.55, 48.89, -62.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.55, 79.63, 307.88°)
OKLab	oklab(59.46% 0.0869 -0.1789)
OKLCH	oklch(59.46% 0.199 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.7815, 18.8863, 76.2426)
Luminance	0.1889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C5CE5 #B5E55C

analogous

#5C70E5 #8C5CE5 #D15CE5

triadic

#8C5CE5 #E58C5C #5CE58C

tetradic

#8C5CE5 #E55C70 #B5E55C #5CE5D1

square

#8C5CE5 #E55C70 #B5E55C #5CE5D1

split-complementary

#8C5CE5 #E5D15C #70E55C

monochromatic

#4E1BAB #6727DD #8C5CE5 #B191ED #D6C6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#8C5CE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#8C5CE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C5CE5

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C5CE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C5CE5	1.00	4.40	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1976E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767A98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c5ce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 92, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.199 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38cee',
    500: '#8c5ce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c5ce5;
$custom-light: #b38cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c5ce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.022,
    "s": 72.487,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59456,
    "c": 0.19888,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C5CE5

secondary

#D6E7B6

accent

#D51190

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C5CE5

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

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