#8D4EE1#8D4EE1

#8D4EE1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.213 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D4EE1
RGB	rgb(141, 78, 225)
HSL	hsl(266, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(266, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 65.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.68, 55.38, -65.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.68, 85.56, 310.33°)
OKLab	oklab(57.32% 0.104 -0.1858)
OKLCH	oklch(57.32% 0.213 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.2961, 16.5474, 72.9754)
Luminance	0.1655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D4EE1 #A2E14E

analogous

#4E59E1 #8D4EE1 #D64EE1

triadic

#8D4EE1 #E18D4E #4EE18D

tetradic

#8D4EE1 #E14E59 #A2E14E #4EE1D6

square

#8D4EE1 #E14E59 #A2E14E #4EE1D6

split-complementary

#8D4EE1 #E1D64E #59E14E

monochromatic

#511A9A #6D23CF #8D4EE1 #AF82EA #D0B7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#8D4EE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#8D4EE1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D4EE1

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D4EE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D4EE1	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A7091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d4ee1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 78, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.213 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b483eb',
    500: '#8d4ee1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d4ee1;
$custom-light: #b483eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d4ee1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 71.014,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57316,
    "c": 0.21291,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D4EE1

secondary

#C9E2A9

accent

#EE3AA1

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D4EE1

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

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