#8D4EE3#8D4EE3

#8D4EE3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.215 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D4EE3
RGB	rgb(141, 78, 227)
HSL	hsl(265, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(265, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 65.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.83, 55.87, -66.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.83, 86.57, 310.19°)
OKLab	oklab(57.46% 0.1038 -0.1884)
OKLCH	oklch(57.46% 0.215 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.5705, 16.6572, 74.4208)
Luminance	0.1666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D4EE3 #A4E34E

analogous

#4E5AE3 #8D4EE3 #D74EE3

triadic

#8D4EE3 #E38D4E #4EE38D

tetradic

#8D4EE3 #E34E5A #A4E34E #4EE3D7

square

#8D4EE3 #E34E5A #A4E34E #4EE3D7

split-complementary

#8D4EE3 #E3D74E #5AE34E

monochromatic

#51199E #6C21D3 #8D4EE3 #AF83EB #D1B8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#8D4EE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#8D4EE3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D4EE3

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D4EE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D4EE3	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#797092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d4ee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 78, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.215 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b483ed',
    500: '#8d4ee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d4ee3;
$custom-light: #b483ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d4ee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.369,
    "s": 72.683,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57461,
    "c": 0.21513,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D4EE3

secondary

#CBE3AA

accent

#EF38A2

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D4EE3

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

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