#8D55BB#8D55BB

#8D55BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.159 H 307.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D55BB
RGB	rgb(141, 85, 187)
HSL	hsl(273, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(273, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 54.5%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.64, 42.47, -45.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.64, 61.93, 313.30°)
OKLab	oklab(55.79% 0.0967 -0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(55.79% 0.159 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.2008, 15.7478, 48.8215)
Luminance	0.1575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D55BB #83BB55

analogous

#5A55BB #8D55BB #BB55B6

triadic

#8D55BB #BB8D55 #55BB8D

tetradic

#8D55BB #BB5A55 #83BB55 #55B6BB

square

#8D55BB #BB5A55 #83BB55 #55B6BB

split-complementary

#8D55BB #B6BB55 #55BB5A

monochromatic

#4E2B6B #6E3C97 #8D55BB #AA81CC #C8ACDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#8D55BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#8D55BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D55BB

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D55BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D55BB	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#346CBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#476FB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#866780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d55bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 85, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.159 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b187d0',
    500: '#8d55bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d55bb;
$custom-light: #b187d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d55bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.941,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55787,
    "c": 0.15936,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D55BB

secondary

#B4CCA0

accent

#D3558E

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#110B14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D55BB

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →