#8D4ED6#8D4ED6

#8D4ED6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.201 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D4ED6
RGB	rgb(141, 78, 214)
HSL	hsl(268, 62%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(268, 64%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 63.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.93, 52.67, -60.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.93, 79.98, 311.19°)
OKLab	oklab(56.53% 0.105 -0.171)
OKLCH	oklch(56.53% 0.201 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.8436, 15.9664, 65.3256)
Luminance	0.1597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D4ED6 #97D64E

analogous

#4E53D6 #8D4ED6 #D14ED6

triadic

#8D4ED6 #D68D4E #4ED68D

tetradic

#8D4ED6 #D64E53 #97D64E #4ED6D1

square

#8D4ED6 #D64E53 #97D64E #4ED6D1

split-complementary

#8D4ED6 #D6D14E #53D64E

monochromatic

#51208A #6E2BBB #8D4ED6 #AD80E2 #CDB1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#8D4ED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#8D4ED6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D4ED6

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D4ED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D4ED6	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A6FD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d4ed6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 78, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.201 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b383e3',
    500: '#8d4ed6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d4ed6;
$custom-light: #b383e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d4ed6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.794,
    "s": 62.385,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56533,
    "c": 0.20064,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D4ED6

secondary

#C2DBA4

accent

#E5429A

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D4ED6

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

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