#8C5CED#8C5CED

#8C5CED is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.208 H 294.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C5CED
RGB	rgb(140, 92, 237)
HSL	hsl(260, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(260, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 61.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.09, 50.98, -66.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.09, 83.78, 307.48°)
OKLab	oklab(60.01% 0.0865 -0.1896)
OKLCH	oklch(60.01% 0.208 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.9244, 19.3434, 82.2614)
Luminance	0.1934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C5CED #BDED5C

analogous

#5C75ED #8C5CED #D45CED

triadic

#8C5CED #ED8C5C #5CED8C

tetradic

#8C5CED #ED5C75 #BDED5C #5CEDD4

square

#8C5CED #ED5C75 #BDED5C #5CEDD4

split-complementary

#8C5CED #EDD45C #75ED5C

monochromatic

#4B15BA #6525E7 #8C5CED #B393F3 #DACAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#8C5CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#8C5CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C5CED

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C5CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C5CED	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0077EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#727D9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c5ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 92, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.208 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48cf4',
    500: '#8c5ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c5ced;
$custom-light: #b48cf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c5ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.862,
    "s": 80.11,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60014,
    "c": 0.20837,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C5CED

secondary

#DBEBB9

accent

#DC0996

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C5CED

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

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