#8D4AD8#8D4AD8

#8D4AD8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.208 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D4AD8
RGB	rgb(141, 74, 216)
HSL	hsl(268, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(268, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 65.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.34, 55.16, -62.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.34, 83.20, 311.53°)
OKLab	oklab(56.15% 0.1092 -0.1771)
OKLCH	oklch(56.15% 0.208 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.8250, 15.5180, 66.5872)
Luminance	0.1552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D4AD8 #95D84A

analogous

#4A4ED8 #8D4AD8 #D44AD8

triadic

#8D4AD8 #D88D4A #4AD88D

tetradic

#8D4AD8 #D84A4E #95D84A #4AD8D4

square

#8D4AD8 #D84A4E #95D84A #4AD8D4

split-complementary

#8D4AD8 #D8D44A #4ED84A

monochromatic

#511E8A #6E29BC #8D4AD8 #AD7CE3 #CCAFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#8D4AD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#8D4AD8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D4AD8

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D4AD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D4AD8	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#016DD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D6A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d4ad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 74, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.208 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b481e5',
    500: '#8d4ad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d4ad8;
$custom-light: #b481e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d4ad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.31,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56148,
    "c": 0.20811,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D4AD8

secondary

#C1DCA2

accent

#E84099

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D4AD8

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

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