#8D4AE6#8D4AE6

#8D4AE6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.223 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D4AE6
RGB	rgb(141, 74, 230)
HSL	hsl(266, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(266, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 67.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.33, 58.57, -68.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.33, 90.23, 310.48°)
OKLab	oklab(57.18% 0.1075 -0.1958)
OKLCH	oklch(57.18% 0.223 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7126, 16.2731, 76.5285)
Luminance	0.1627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D4AE6 #A3E64A

analogous

#4A55E6 #8D4AE6 #DB4AE6

triadic

#8D4AE6 #E68D4A #4AE68D

tetradic

#8D4AE6 #E64A55 #A3E64A #4AE6DB

square

#8D4AE6 #E64A55 #A3E64A #4AE6DB

split-complementary

#8D4AE6 #E6DB4A #55E64A

monochromatic

#5116A0 #6C1DD5 #8D4AE6 #AF80ED #D1B6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#8D4AE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#8D4AE6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D4AE6

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D4AE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D4AE6	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#786F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d4ae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 74, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.223 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b581ef',
    500: '#8d4ae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d4ae6;
$custom-light: #b581ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d4ae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.769,
    "s": 75.728,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57175,
    "c": 0.22334,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D4AE6

secondary

#CAE4A8

accent

#F235A1

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B17

muted

#817C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D4AE6

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

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