#8D4ED8#8D4ED8

#8D4ED8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.203 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D4ED8
RGB	rgb(141, 78, 216)
HSL	hsl(267, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(267, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 63.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.07, 53.16, -61.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.07, 80.99, 311.02°)
OKLab	oklab(56.67% 0.1049 -0.1737)
OKLCH	oklch(56.67% 0.203 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.1006, 16.0692, 66.6790)
Luminance	0.1607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D4ED8 #99D84E

analogous

#4E54D8 #8D4ED8 #D24ED8

triadic

#8D4ED8 #D88D4E #4ED88D

tetradic

#8D4ED8 #D84E54 #99D84E #4ED8D2

square

#8D4ED8 #D84E54 #99D84E #4ED8D2

split-complementary

#8D4ED8 #D8D24E #54D84E

monochromatic

#511F8D #6E2ABF #8D4ED8 #AD80E3 #CEB2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#8D4ED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#8D4ED8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D4ED8

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D4ED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D4ED8	1.00	4.98	4.21	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#146FD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D6C8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d4ed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 78, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.203 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b383e5',
    500: '#8d4ed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d4ed8;
$custom-light: #b383e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d4ed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.391,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56673,
    "c": 0.20287,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D4ED8

secondary

#C3DDA5

accent

#E7419B

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D4ED8

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

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