#8C5CF9#8C5CF9

#8C5CF9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.222 H 292.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C5CF9
RGB	rgb(140, 92, 249)
HSL	hsl(258, 93%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(258, 63%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 63.1%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.91, 54.14, -71.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.91, 89.97, 307.00°)
OKLab	oklab(60.88% 0.0856 -0.2053)
OKLCH	oklch(60.88% 0.222 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.7365, 20.0683, 91.8056)
Luminance	0.2007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C5CF9 #C9F95C

analogous

#5C7BF9 #8C5CF9 #DB5CF9

triadic

#8C5CF9 #F98C5C #5CF98C

tetradic

#8C5CF9 #F95C7B #C9F95C #5CF9DB

square

#8C5CF9 #F95C7B #C9F95C #5CF9DB

split-complementary

#8C5CF9 #F9DB5C #7BF95C

monochromatic

#4608D3 #6221F7 #8C5CF9 #B697FB #DFD2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#8C5CF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#8C5CF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C5CF9

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C5CF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C5CF9	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EFE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0079F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D81A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c5cf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 92, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.222 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b58dfc',
    500: '#8c5cf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c5cf9;
$custom-light: #b58dfc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c5cf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.344,
    "s": 92.899,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60876,
    "c": 0.22245,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C5CF9

secondary

#E2F2BF

accent

#E6009F

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C18

muted

#817D86

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C5CF9

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

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