#8D4ED3#8D4ED3

#8D4ED3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.197 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D4ED3
RGB	rgb(141, 78, 211)
HSL	hsl(268, 60%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(268, 63%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 63%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.73, 51.94, -58.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.73, 78.45, 311.46°)
OKLab	oklab(56.33% 0.1052 -0.1669)
OKLCH	oklch(56.33% 0.197 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.4640, 15.8146, 63.3264)
Luminance	0.1582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D4ED3 #94D34E

analogous

#4E52D3 #8D4ED3 #D04ED3

triadic

#8D4ED3 #D38D4E #4ED38D

tetradic

#8D4ED3 #D34E52 #94D34E #4ED3D0

square

#8D4ED3 #D34E52 #94D34E #4ED3D0

split-complementary

#8D4ED3 #D3D04E #52D34E

monochromatic

#512185 #6E2DB6 #8D4ED3 #AD7FDF #CCB0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#8D4ED3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#8D4ED3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D4ED3

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D4ED3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D4ED3	1.00	5.04	4.16	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ED7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#216ED0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d4ed3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 78, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.197 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b383e1',
    500: '#8d4ed3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d4ed3;
$custom-light: #b383e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d4ed3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.421,
    "s": 60.181,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56325,
    "c": 0.19728,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D4ED3

secondary

#C0DAA3

accent

#E34498

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D4ED3

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

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