#8D4EE5#8D4EE5

#8D4EE5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.217 H 298.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D4EE5
RGB	rgb(141, 78, 229)
HSL	hsl(265, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(265, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 65.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.97, 56.37, -67.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.97, 87.58, 310.06°)
OKLab	oklab(57.61% 0.1035 -0.1911)
OKLCH	oklch(57.61% 0.217 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.8482, 16.7683, 75.8830)
Luminance	0.1677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D4EE5 #A6E54E

analogous

#4E5BE5 #8D4EE5 #D84EE5

triadic

#8D4EE5 #E58D4E #4EE58D

tetradic

#8D4EE5 #E54E5B #A6E54E #4EE5D8

square

#8D4EE5 #E54E5B #A6E54E #4EE5D8

split-complementary

#8D4EE5 #E5D84E #5BE54E

monochromatic

#5118A1 #6C1FD6 #8D4EE5 #AF83ED #D2B9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#8D4EE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#8D4EE5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D4EE5

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D4EE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D4EE5	1.00	4.82	4.35	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d4ee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 78, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.217 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b483ee',
    500: '#8d4ee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d4ee5;
$custom-light: #b483ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d4ee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.033,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57608,
    "c": 0.21734,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D4EE5

secondary

#CCE4AA

accent

#D70F83

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D4EE5

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

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