#8C5DEF#8C5DEF

#8C5DEF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.209 H 294.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C5DEF
RGB	rgb(140, 93, 239)
HSL	hsl(259, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(259, 61%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 61.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.42, 50.97, -67.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.42, 84.24, 307.23°)
OKLab	oklab(60.3% 0.0853 -0.1913)
OKLCH	oklch(60.3% 0.209 294)
XYZ	xyz(30.3054, 19.6354, 83.8379)
Luminance	0.1964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C5DEF #C0EF5D

analogous

#5D77EF #8C5DEF #D55DEF

triadic

#8C5DEF #EF8C5D #5DEF8C

tetradic

#8C5DEF #EF5D77 #C0EF5D #5DEFD5

square

#8C5DEF #EF5D77 #C0EF5D #5DEFD5

split-complementary

#8C5DEF #EFD55D #77EF5D

monochromatic

#4A13BF #6425E9 #8C5DEF #B495F5 #DBCCFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#8C5DEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#8C5DEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C5DEF

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C5DEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C5DEF	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0078EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#717E9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c5def;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 93, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.209 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48df5',
    500: '#8c5def',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c5def;
$custom-light: #b48df5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c5def",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.315,
    "s": 82.022,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60301,
    "c": 0.20942,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.19636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C5DEF

secondary

#DDEDBB

accent

#DE0799

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C5DEF

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

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