#8C5CEE#8C5CEE

#8C5CEE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.210 H 294.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C5CEE
RGB	rgb(140, 92, 238)
HSL	hsl(260, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(260, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 61.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.15, 51.24, -66.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.15, 84.30, 307.43°)
OKLab	oklab(60.08% 0.0865 -0.1909)
OKLCH	oklch(60.08% 0.21 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.0709, 19.4021, 83.0330)
Luminance	0.1940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C5CEE #BEEE5C

analogous

#5C75EE #8C5CEE #D55CEE

triadic

#8C5CEE #EE8C5C #5CEE8C

tetradic

#8C5CEE #EE5C75 #BEEE5C #5CEED5

square

#8C5CEE #EE5C75 #BEEE5C #5CEED5

split-complementary

#8C5CEE #EED55C #75EE5C

monochromatic

#4B14BC #6525E8 #8C5CEE #B393F4 #DACBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#8C5CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#8C5CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C5CEE

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C5CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C5CEE	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0077EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#727D9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c5cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 92, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.210 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48cf4',
    500: '#8c5cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c5cee;
$custom-light: #b48cf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c5cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.726,
    "s": 81.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60084,
    "c": 0.20955,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C5CEE

secondary

#DBECBA

accent

#DD0897

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C5CEE

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

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