#8C5DE2#8C5DE2

#8C5DE2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.194 H 296.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C5DE2
RGB	rgb(140, 93, 226)
HSL	hsl(261, 70%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(261, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 58.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.56, 47.57, -61.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.56, 77.47, 307.88°)
OKLab	oklab(59.4% 0.0859 -0.1738)
OKLCH	oklch(59.4% 0.194 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.4535, 18.8946, 74.0847)
Luminance	0.1890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C5DE2 #B3E25D

analogous

#5D70E2 #8C5DE2 #CF5DE2

triadic

#8C5DE2 #E28C5D #5DE28C

tetradic

#8C5DE2 #E25D70 #B3E25D #5DE2CF

square

#8C5DE2 #E25D70 #B3E25D #5DE2CF

split-complementary

#8C5DE2 #E2CF5D #70E25D

monochromatic

#4E1EA7 #6729D9 #8C5DE2 #B191EB #D6C5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#8C5DE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#8C5DE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C5DE2

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C5DE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C5DE2	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2377DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#777A97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c5de2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 93, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.194 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38dec',
    500: '#8c5de2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c5de2;
$custom-light: #b38dec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c5de2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.203,
    "s": 69.634,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59401,
    "c": 0.1939,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C5DE2

secondary

#D4E6B5

accent

#D2148F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C5DE2

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

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