#8D55C2#8D55C2

#8D55C2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.168 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D55C2
RGB	rgb(141, 85, 194)
HSL	hsl(271, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(271, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 56.2%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.05, 44.14, -48.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.05, 65.57, 312.31°)
OKLab	oklab(56.22% 0.097 -0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(56.22% 0.168 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.9685, 16.0549, 52.8647)
Luminance	0.1605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D55C2 #8AC255

analogous

#5755C2 #8D55C2 #C255C0

triadic

#8D55C2 #C28D55 #55C28D

tetradic

#8D55C2 #C25755 #8AC255 #55C0C2

square

#8D55C2 #C25755 #8AC255 #55C0C2

split-complementary

#8D55C2 #C0C255 #55C257

monochromatic

#4F2973 #6E3AA0 #8D55C2 #AB82D2 #C9AFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#8D55C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#8D55C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D55C2

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D55C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D55C2	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C6EC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4170BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#846A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d55c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 85, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.168 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b187d5',
    500: '#8d55c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d55c2;
$custom-light: #b187d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d55c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.826,
    "s": 47.186,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56215,
    "c": 0.1676,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D55C2

secondary

#B9D0A2

accent

#D75192

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#110B14

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D55C2

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

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