#8D4BB5#8D4BB5

#8D4BB5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.168 H 310.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D4BB5
RGB	rgb(141, 75, 181)
HSL	hsl(277, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(277, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 58.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.28, 46.43, -45.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.28, 64.89, 315.68°)
OKLab	oklab(53.94% 0.1097 -0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(53.94% 0.168 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.8395, 14.0315, 45.2650)
Luminance	0.1403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D4BB5 #73B54B

analogous

#584BB5 #8D4BB5 #B54BA8

triadic

#8D4BB5 #B58D4B #4BB58D

tetradic

#8D4BB5 #B5584B #73B54B #4BA8B5

square

#8D4BB5 #B5584B #73B54B #4BA8B5

split-complementary

#8D4BB5 #A8B54B #4BB558

monochromatic

#4A275F #6B398A #8D4BB5 #A876C7 #C4A2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#8D4BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#8D4BB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D4BB5

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D4BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D4BB5	1.00	5.52	3.81	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2766B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#416AB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#885E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d4bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 75, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.168 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b180cc',
    500: '#8d4bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d4bb5;
$custom-light: #b180cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d4bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.358,
    "s": 41.732,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53941,
    "c": 0.1681,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D4BB5

secondary

#A8C696

accent

#D25685

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF9

border

#D0CAD2

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D4BB5

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

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