#8C5EF5#8C5EF5

#8C5EF5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.215 H 292.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C5EF5
RGB	rgb(140, 94, 245)
HSL	hsl(258, 88%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(258, 62%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 61.6%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.03, 52.02, -69.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.03, 86.76, 306.84°)
OKLab	oklab(60.87% 0.0838 -0.1982)
OKLCH	oklch(60.87% 0.215 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.2949, 20.1725, 88.6133)
Luminance	0.2017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C5EF5 #C7F55E

analogous

#5E7CF5 #8C5EF5 #D85EF5

triadic

#8C5EF5 #F58C5E #5EF58C

tetradic

#8C5EF5 #F55E7C #C7F55E #5EF5D8

square

#8C5EF5 #F55E7C #C7F55E #5EF5D8

split-complementary

#8C5EF5 #F5D85E #7CF55E

monochromatic

#470DCC #6324F1 #8C5EF5 #B598F9 #DED1FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#8C5EF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#8C5EF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C5EF5

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C5EF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C5EF5	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EFA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0079F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E81A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c5ef5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 94, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.215 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48ef9',
    500: '#8c5ef5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c5ef5;
$custom-light: #b48ef9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c5ef5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.278,
    "s": 88.304,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60873,
    "c": 0.21521,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C5EF5

secondary

#E1F0BF

accent

#E5019F

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C5EF5

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

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