#8D4CE1#8D4CE1

#8D4CE1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.215 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D4CE1
RGB	rgb(141, 76, 225)
HSL	hsl(266, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(266, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 66.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.32, 56.37, -65.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.32, 86.65, 310.58°)
OKLab	oklab(57.06% 0.1061 -0.1875)
OKLCH	oklch(57.06% 0.215 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1562, 16.2676, 72.9288)
Luminance	0.1627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D4CE1 #A0E14C

analogous

#4C56E1 #8D4CE1 #D74CE1

triadic

#8D4CE1 #E18D4C #4CE18D

tetradic

#8D4CE1 #E14C56 #A0E14C #4CE1D7

square

#8D4CE1 #E14C56 #A0E14C #4CE1D7

split-complementary

#8D4CE1 #E1D74C #56E14C

monochromatic

#511A99 #6D22CD #8D4CE1 #AE80EA #D0B5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#8D4CE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#8D4CE1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D4CE1

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D4CE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D4CE1	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)

#0070E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6F90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d4ce1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 76, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.215 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b482eb',
    500: '#8d4ce1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d4ce1;
$custom-light: #b482eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d4ce1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.174,
    "s": 71.292,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57056,
    "c": 0.21543,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D4CE1

secondary

#C8E2A7

accent

#EE3A9F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D4CE1

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

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