#8D4EC9#8D4EC9

#8D4EC9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.186 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D4EC9
RGB	rgb(141, 78, 201)
HSL	hsl(271, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(271, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 61.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.08, 49.53, -54.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.08, 73.34, 312.48°)
OKLab	oklab(55.65% 0.1058 -0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(55.65% 0.186 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.2492, 15.3287, 56.9282)
Luminance	0.1533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D4EC9 #8AC94E

analogous

#504EC9 #8D4EC9 #C94EC7

triadic

#8D4EC9 #C98D4E #4EC98D

tetradic

#8D4EC9 #C9504E #8AC94E #4EC7C9

square

#8D4EC9 #C9504E #8AC94E #4EC7C9

split-complementary

#8D4EC9 #C7C94E #4EC950

monochromatic

#4F2578 #6E33A7 #8D4EC9 #AB7DD7 #C9ACE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#8D4EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#8D4EC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D4EC9

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D4EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D4EC9	1.00	5.17	4.07	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#046BCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#316DC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#826784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d4ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 78, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.186 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b283da',
    500: '#8d4ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d4ec9;
$custom-light: #b283da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d4ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.732,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55647,
    "c": 0.18604,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D4EC9

secondary

#B9D39F

accent

#DD4B92

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D4EC9

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

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