#8C5CE6#8C5CE6

#8C5CE6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.200 H 295.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C5CE6
RGB	rgb(140, 92, 230)
HSL	hsl(261, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(261, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 60%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.62, 49.15, -63.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.62, 80.15, 307.82°)
OKLab	oklab(59.52% 0.0869 -0.1802)
OKLCH	oklch(59.52% 0.2 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.9216, 18.9423, 76.9800)
Luminance	0.1894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C5CE6 #B6E65C

analogous

#5C71E6 #8C5CE6 #D15CE6

triadic

#8C5CE6 #E68C5C #5CE68C

tetradic

#8C5CE6 #E65C71 #B6E65C #5CE6D1

square

#8C5CE6 #E65C71 #B6E65C #5CE6D1

split-complementary

#8C5CE6 #E6D15C #71E65C

monochromatic

#4E1BAD #6727DE #8C5CE6 #B191EE #D7C6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#8C5CE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#8C5CE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C5CE6

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C5CE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C5CE6	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1677E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767A98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c5ce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 92, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.200 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38cef',
    500: '#8c5ce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c5ce6;
$custom-light: #b38cef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c5ce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.87,
    "s": 73.404,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59525,
    "c": 0.20006,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C5CE6

secondary

#D6E8B6

accent

#D61091

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C5CE6

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

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