#8D4ED9#8D4ED9

#8D4ED9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.204 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D4ED9
RGB	rgb(141, 78, 217)
HSL	hsl(267, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(267, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 64.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.13, 53.41, -61.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.13, 81.50, 310.94°)
OKLab	oklab(56.74% 0.1048 -0.175)
OKLCH	oklch(56.74% 0.204 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.2303, 16.1211, 67.3620)
Luminance	0.1612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D4ED9 #9AD94E

analogous

#4E55D9 #8D4ED9 #D24ED9

triadic

#8D4ED9 #D98D4E #4ED98D

tetradic

#8D4ED9 #D94E55 #9AD94E #4ED9D2

square

#8D4ED9 #D94E55 #9AD94E #4ED9D2

split-complementary

#8D4ED9 #D9D24E #55D94E

monochromatic

#511F8E #6E29C0 #8D4ED9 #AD80E4 #CEB3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#8D4ED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#8D4ED9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D4ED9

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D4ED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D4ED9	1.00	4.97	4.22	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#106FD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D6D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d4ed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 78, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.204 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b383e6',
    500: '#8d4ed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d4ed9;
$custom-light: #b383e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d4ed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.194,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56744,
    "c": 0.20399,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D4ED9

secondary

#C4DDA6

accent

#E8409C

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D4ED9

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

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