#8D55CD#8D55CD

#8D55CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.181 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D55CD
RGB	rgb(141, 85, 205)
HSL	hsl(268, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(268, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 58.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.71, 46.81, -53.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.71, 71.29, 311.04°)
OKLab	oklab(56.92% 0.0971 -0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(56.92% 0.181 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.2499, 16.5675, 59.6134)
Luminance	0.1657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D55CD #95CD55

analogous

#5559CD #8D55CD #C955CD

triadic

#8D55CD #CD8D55 #55CD8D

tetradic

#8D55CD #CD5559 #95CD55 #55CDC9

square

#8D55CD #CD5559 #95CD55 #55CDC9

split-complementary

#8D55CD #CDC955 #59CD55

monochromatic

#512682 #6E34B1 #8D55CD #AD84DB #CCB4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#8D55CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#8D55CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D55CD

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D55CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D55CD	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B70D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3671CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#816D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d55cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 85, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.181 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b287dd',
    500: '#8d55cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d55cd;
$custom-light: #b287dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d55cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56915,
    "c": 0.18051,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D55CD

secondary

#C1D7A6

accent

#DE4A99

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D55CD

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

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