#8C5CE7#8C5CE7

#8C5CE7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.201 H 295.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C5CE7
RGB	rgb(140, 92, 231)
HSL	hsl(261, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(261, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 60.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.69, 49.41, -63.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.69, 80.67, 307.77°)
OKLab	oklab(59.59% 0.0868 -0.1815)
OKLCH	oklch(59.59% 0.201 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0624, 18.9987, 77.7217)
Luminance	0.1900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C5CE7 #B7E75C

analogous

#5C71E7 #8C5CE7 #D15CE7

triadic

#8C5CE7 #E78C5C #5CE78C

tetradic

#8C5CE7 #E75C71 #B7E75C #5CE7D1

square

#8C5CE7 #E75C71 #B7E75C #5CE7D1

split-complementary

#8C5CE7 #E7D15C #71E75C

monochromatic

#4D1AAF #6627DF #8C5CE7 #B291EF #D7C7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#8C5CE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#8C5CE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C5CE7

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C5CE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C5CE7	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1277E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#757B99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c5ce7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 92, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.201 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38cef',
    500: '#8c5ce7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c5ce7;
$custom-light: #b38cef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c5ce7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.719,
    "s": 74.332,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59594,
    "c": 0.20125,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C5CE7

secondary

#D7E8B7

accent

#D60F92

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C5CE7

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

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