#8D4EDE#8D4EDE

#8D4EDE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.210 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D4EDE
RGB	rgb(141, 78, 222)
HSL	hsl(266, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(266, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 64.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.48, 54.64, -63.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.48, 84.04, 310.55°)
OKLab	oklab(57.1% 0.1043 -0.1818)
OKLCH	oklch(57.1% 0.21 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.8905, 16.3852, 70.8390)
Luminance	0.1638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D4EDE #9FDE4E

analogous

#4E57DE #8D4EDE #D54EDE

triadic

#8D4EDE #DE8D4E #4EDE8D

tetradic

#8D4EDE #DE4E57 #9FDE4E #4EDED5

square

#8D4EDE #DE4E57 #9FDE4E #4EDED5

split-complementary

#8D4EDE #DED54E #57DE4E

monochromatic

#511C96 #6D26C9 #8D4EDE #AE82E8 #CFB5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#8D4EDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#8D4EDE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D4EDE

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D4EDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D4EDE	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d4ede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 78, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.210 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b483e9',
    500: '#8d4ede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d4ede;
$custom-light: #b483e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d4ede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.25,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.571,
    "c": 0.20957,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D4EDE

secondary

#C7E0A8

accent

#EB3C9F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D4EDE

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

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