#8D4BE1#8D4BE1

#8D4BE1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.217 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D4BE1
RGB	rgb(141, 75, 225)
HSL	hsl(266, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(266, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 66.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.15, 56.86, -66.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.15, 87.19, 310.70°)
OKLab	oklab(56.93% 0.1071 -0.1883)
OKLCH	oklch(56.93% 0.217 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.0878, 16.1308, 72.9060)
Luminance	0.1613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D4BE1 #9FE14B

analogous

#4B54E1 #8D4BE1 #D84BE1

triadic

#8D4BE1 #E18D4B #4BE18D

tetradic

#8D4BE1 #E14B54 #9FE14B #4BE1D8

square

#8D4BE1 #E14B54 #9FE14B #4BE1D8

split-complementary

#8D4BE1 #E1D84B #54E14B

monochromatic

#511998 #6D22CD #8D4BE1 #AE7FEA #CFB4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#8D4BE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#8D4BE1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D4BE1

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D4BE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D4BE1	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d4be1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 75, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.217 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b482eb',
    500: '#8d4be1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d4be1;
$custom-light: #b482eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d4be1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.4,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56929,
    "c": 0.21668,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D4BE1

secondary

#C7E1A6

accent

#EE3A9F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D4BE1

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

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