#8D55B2#8D55B2

#8D55B2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.149 H 310.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D55B2
RGB	rgb(141, 85, 178)
HSL	hsl(276, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(276, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 52.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.14, 40.38, -40.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.14, 57.27, 314.83°)
OKLab	oklab(55.26% 0.096 -0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(55.26% 0.149 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.2674, 15.3745, 43.9054)
Luminance	0.1537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D55B2 #7AB255

analogous

#5F55B2 #8D55B2 #B255A9

triadic

#8D55B2 #B28D55 #55B28D

tetradic

#8D55B2 #B25F55 #7AB255 #55A9B2

square

#8D55B2 #B25F55 #7AB255 #55A9B2

split-complementary

#8D55B2 #A9B255 #55B25F

monochromatic

#4C2C61 #6D3F8B #8D55B2 #A97FC5 #C5A9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#8D55B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#8D55B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D55B2

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D55B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D55B2	1.00	5.15	4.07	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C6BB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D6EB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88657B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d55b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 85, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.149 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b087c9',
    500: '#8d55b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d55b2;
$custom-light: #b087c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d55b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.129,
    "s": 37.652,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55257,
    "c": 0.1488,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D55B2

secondary

#ADC69D

accent

#CE5A88

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F8

border

#D0CBD1

text

#110B13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D55B2

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

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