#8C5DEC#8C5DEC

#8C5DEC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.206 H 294.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C5DEC
RGB	rgb(140, 93, 236)
HSL	hsl(260, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(260, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 60.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.22, 50.18, -65.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.22, 82.68, 307.37°)
OKLab	oklab(60.09% 0.0855 -0.1873)
OKLCH	oklch(60.09% 0.206 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.8659, 19.4596, 81.5231)
Luminance	0.1946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C5DEC #BDEC5D

analogous

#5D76EC #8C5DEC #D35DEC

triadic

#8C5DEC #EC8C5D #5DEC8C

tetradic

#8C5DEC #EC5D76 #BDEC5D #5DECD3

square

#8C5DEC #EC5D76 #BDEC5D #5DECD3

split-complementary

#8C5DEC #ECD35D #76EC5D

monochromatic

#4B16B9 #6526E6 #8C5DEC #B394F2 #DACBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#8C5DEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#8C5DEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C5DEC

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C5DEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C5DEC	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)

#007BF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0078E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#737D9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c5dec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 93, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.206 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48df3',
    500: '#8c5dec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c5dec;
$custom-light: #b48df3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c5dec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.72,
    "s": 79.006,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6009,
    "c": 0.20586,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C5DEC

secondary

#DBEBBA

accent

#DB0A97

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C5DEC

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

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