#8C5DF2#8C5DF2

#8C5DF2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.213 H 293.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C5DF2
RGB	rgb(140, 93, 242)
HSL	hsl(259, 85%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(259, 62%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 61.6%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.63, 51.76, -68.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.63, 85.79, 307.11°)
OKLab	oklab(60.51% 0.0851 -0.1952)
OKLCH	oklch(60.51% 0.213 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7522, 19.8141, 86.1914)
Luminance	0.1981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C5DF2 #C3F25D

analogous

#5D78F2 #8C5DF2 #D65DF2

triadic

#8C5DF2 #F28C5D #5DF28C

tetradic

#8C5DF2 #F25D78 #C3F25D #5DF2D6

square

#8C5DF2 #F25D78 #C3F25D #5DF2D6

split-complementary

#8C5DF2 #F2D65D #78F25D

monochromatic

#4910C5 #6424ED #8C5DF2 #B496F7 #DCCEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#8C5DF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#8C5DF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C5DF2

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C5DF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C5DF2	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DF7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0078EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#707F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c5df2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 93, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.213 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48df7',
    500: '#8c5df2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c5df2;
$custom-light: #b48df7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c5df2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.926,
    "s": 85.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60514,
    "c": 0.21296,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C5DF2

secondary

#DFEEBD

accent

#E2049C

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C5DF2

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

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