#8C5CEC#8C5CEC

#8C5CEC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.207 H 294.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C5CEC
RGB	rgb(140, 92, 236)
HSL	hsl(260, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(260, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 61%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.02, 50.72, -66.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.02, 83.27, 307.52°)
OKLab	oklab(59.94% 0.0866 -0.1882)
OKLCH	oklch(59.94% 0.207 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.7787, 19.2852, 81.4941)
Luminance	0.1929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C5CEC #BCEC5C

analogous

#5C74EC #8C5CEC #D45CEC

triadic

#8C5CEC #EC8C5C #5CEC8C

tetradic

#8C5CEC #EC5C74 #BCEC5C #5CECD4

square

#8C5CEC #EC5C74 #BCEC5C #5CECD4

split-complementary

#8C5CEC #ECD45C #74EC5C

monochromatic

#4C15B8 #6525E6 #8C5CEC #B393F2 #D9CAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#8C5CEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#8C5CEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C5CEC

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C5CEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C5CEC	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0077E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#737C9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c5cec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 92, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.207 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48cf3',
    500: '#8c5cec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c5cec;
$custom-light: #b48cf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c5cec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 79.121,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59943,
    "c": 0.20719,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C5CEC

secondary

#DAEBB9

accent

#DB0A96

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C5CEC

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

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