#8D4EB5#8D4EB5

#8D4EB5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.163 H 310.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D4EB5
RGB	rgb(141, 78, 181)
HSL	hsl(277, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(277, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 56.9%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.87, 44.85, -44.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.87, 63.11, 315.29°)
OKLab	oklab(54.37% 0.1057 -0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(54.37% 0.163 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.0478, 14.4481, 45.3344)
Luminance	0.1445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D4EB5 #76B54E

analogous

#594EB5 #8D4EB5 #B54EA9

triadic

#8D4EB5 #B58D4E #4EB58D

tetradic

#8D4EB5 #B5594E #76B54E #4EA9B5

square

#8D4EB5 #B5594E #76B54E #4EA9B5

split-complementary

#8D4EB5 #A9B54E #4EB559

monochromatic

#4B2860 #6C3A8B #8D4EB5 #A979C7 #C5A4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#8D4EB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#8D4EB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D4EB5

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D4EB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D4EB5	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D67B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#446BB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88607A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d4eb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 78, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.163 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b182cc',
    500: '#8d4eb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d4eb5;
$custom-light: #b182cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d4eb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.699,
    "s": 41.036,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54373,
    "c": 0.16347,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D4EB5

secondary

#AAC699

accent

#D15786

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF9

border

#D0CAD2

text

#110B13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D4EB5

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

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