#8D4EC8#8D4EC8

#8D4EC8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.185 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D4EC8
RGB	rgb(141, 78, 200)
HSL	hsl(271, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(271, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.5%, 61%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.02, 49.29, -53.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.02, 72.82, 312.60°)
OKLab	oklab(55.58% 0.1058 -0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(55.58% 0.185 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.1319, 15.2818, 56.3107)
Luminance	0.1528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D4EC8 #89C84E

analogous

#504EC8 #8D4EC8 #C84EC6

triadic

#8D4EC8 #C88D4E #4EC88D

tetradic

#8D4EC8 #C8504E #89C84E #4EC6C8

square

#8D4EC8 #C8504E #89C84E #4EC6C8

split-complementary

#8D4EC8 #C6C84E #4EC850

monochromatic

#4F2577 #6E33A5 #8D4EC8 #AB7DD7 #C9ABE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#8D4EC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#8D4EC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D4EC8

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D4EC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D4EC8	1.00	5.18	4.06	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#086BCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#326DC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#836784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d4ec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 78, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.185 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b283d9',
    500: '#8d4ec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d4ec8;
$custom-light: #b283d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d4ec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.984,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55581,
    "c": 0.1849,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D4EC8

secondary

#B8D39F

accent

#DC4C92

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D4EC8

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

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