#8C5CEF#8C5CEF

#8C5CEF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.211 H 294.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C5CEF
RGB	rgb(140, 92, 239)
HSL	hsl(260, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(260, 62%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 61.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.22, 51.50, -67.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.22, 84.82, 307.39°)
OKLab	oklab(60.16% 0.0864 -0.1922)
OKLCH	oklch(60.16% 0.211 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.2182, 19.4610, 83.8088)
Luminance	0.1946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C5CEF #BFEF5C

analogous

#5C75EF #8C5CEF #D65CEF

triadic

#8C5CEF #EF8C5C #5CEF8C

tetradic

#8C5CEF #EF5C75 #BFEF5C #5CEFD6

square

#8C5CEF #EF5C75 #BFEF5C #5CEFD6

split-complementary

#8C5CEF #EFD65C #75EF5C

monochromatic

#4B13BE #6524EA #8C5CEF #B394F4 #DBCBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#8C5CEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#8C5CEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C5CEF

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C5CEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C5CEF	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0078EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#727D9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c5cef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 92, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.211 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48cf5',
    500: '#8c5cef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c5cef;
$custom-light: #b48cf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c5cef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.592,
    "s": 82.123,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60155,
    "c": 0.21073,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C5CEF

secondary

#DCECBA

accent

#DF0798

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C5CEF

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

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