#8C5DF3#8C5DF3

#8C5DF3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.214 H 293.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C5DF3
RGB	rgb(140, 93, 243)
HSL	hsl(259, 86%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(259, 62%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 61.7%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.69, 52.03, -68.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.69, 86.31, 307.07°)
OKLab	oklab(60.59% 0.085 -0.1965)
OKLCH	oklch(60.59% 0.214 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9028, 19.8744, 86.9846)
Luminance	0.1988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C5DF3 #C4F35D

analogous

#5D79F3 #8C5DF3 #D75DF3

triadic

#8C5DF3 #F38C5D #5DF38C

tetradic

#8C5DF3 #F35D79 #C4F35D #5DF3D7

square

#8C5DF3 #F35D79 #C4F35D #5DF3D7

split-complementary

#8C5DF3 #F3D75D #79F35D

monochromatic

#480FC7 #6424EF #8C5DF3 #B496F7 #DDCFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#8C5DF3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#8C5DF3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C5DF3

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C5DF3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C5DF3	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DF8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0079F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#707FA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c5df3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 93, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.214 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48df8',
    500: '#8c5df3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c5df3;
$custom-light: #b48df8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c5df3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.8,
    "s": 86.207,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60585,
    "c": 0.21414,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C5DF3

secondary

#DFEFBD

accent

#E3039D

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C5DF3

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

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