#8D55C5#8D55C5

#8D55C5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.171 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D55C5
RGB	rgb(141, 85, 197)
HSL	hsl(270, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(270, 57%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 56.9%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.22, 44.86, -49.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.22, 67.13, 311.93°)
OKLab	oklab(56.4% 0.0971 -0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(56.4% 0.171 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.3088, 16.1910, 54.6570)
Luminance	0.1619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D55C5 #8DC555

analogous

#5555C5 #8D55C5 #C555C5

triadic

#8D55C5 #C58D55 #55C58D

tetradic

#8D55C5 #C55555 #8DC555 #55C5C5

square

#8D55C5 #C55555 #8DC555 #55C5C5

split-complementary

#8D55C5 #C5C555 #55C555

monochromatic

#502977 #6E38A5 #8D55C5 #AC83D5 #CAB0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#8D55C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#8D55C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D55C5

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D55C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D55C5	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#296EC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E70C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#836B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d55c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 85, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.171 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b287d7',
    500: '#8d55c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d55c5;
$custom-light: #b287d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d55c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 49.123,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56403,
    "c": 0.17112,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D55C5

secondary

#BBD2A3

accent

#D94F94

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#110B14

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D55C5

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

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