#8D4EB3#8D4EB3

#8D4EB3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.161 H 310.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D4EB3
RGB	rgb(141, 78, 179)
HSL	hsl(277, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(277, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 56.4%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.75, 44.40, -43.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.75, 62.09, 315.65°)
OKLab	oklab(54.25% 0.1057 -0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(54.25% 0.161 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.8441, 14.3666, 44.2614)
Luminance	0.1437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D4EB3 #74B34E

analogous

#5A4EB3 #8D4EB3 #B34EA6

triadic

#8D4EB3 #B38D4E #4EB38D

tetradic

#8D4EB3 #B35A4E #74B34E #4EA6B3

square

#8D4EB3 #B35A4E #74B34E #4EA6B3

split-complementary

#8D4EB3 #A6B34E #4EB35A

monochromatic

#4A285E #6C3B89 #8D4EB3 #A979C5 #C4A4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#8D4EB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#8D4EB3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D4EB3

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D4EB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D4EB3	1.00	5.42	3.87	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F67B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#466BB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#886079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d4eb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 78, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.161 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b182ca',
    500: '#8d4eb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d4eb3;
$custom-light: #b182ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d4eb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.426,
    "s": 39.921,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54252,
    "c": 0.16121,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D4EB3

secondary

#A9C598

accent

#D05885

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF8

border

#D0CAD1

text

#110B13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D4EB3

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

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