#8D4DE1#8D4DE1

#8D4DE1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.214 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D4DE1
RGB	rgb(141, 77, 225)
HSL	hsl(266, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(266, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 65.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.50, 55.88, -65.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.50, 86.11, 310.46°)
OKLab	oklab(57.19% 0.105 -0.1866)
OKLCH	oklch(57.19% 0.214 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.2256, 16.4064, 72.9519)
Luminance	0.1641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D4DE1 #A1E14D

analogous

#4D57E1 #8D4DE1 #D74DE1

triadic

#8D4DE1 #E18D4D #4DE18D

tetradic

#8D4DE1 #E14D57 #A1E14D #4DE1D7

square

#8D4DE1 #E14D57 #A1E14D #4DE1D7

split-complementary

#8D4DE1 #E1D74D #57E14D

monochromatic

#511A9A #6D23CE #8D4DE1 #AF81EA #D0B6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#8D4DE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#8D4DE1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D4DE1

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D4DE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D4DE1	1.00	4.90	4.28	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d4de1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 77, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.214 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b483eb',
    500: '#8d4de1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d4de1;
$custom-light: #b483eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d4de1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.946,
    "s": 71.154,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57186,
    "c": 0.21418,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D4DE1

secondary

#C9E2A8

accent

#EE3AA0

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D4DE1

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

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