#8D55D9#8D55D9

#8D55D9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.195 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D55D9
RGB	rgb(141, 85, 217)
HSL	hsl(265, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(265, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 60.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.47, 49.79, -59.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.47, 77.51, 309.96°)
OKLab	oklab(57.72% 0.0968 -0.1687)
OKLCH	oklch(57.72% 0.195 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.7543, 17.1692, 67.5366)
Luminance	0.1717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D55D9 #A1D955

analogous

#555FD9 #8D55D9 #CF55D9

triadic

#8D55D9 #D98D55 #55D98D

tetradic

#8D55D9 #D9555F #A1D955 #55D9CF

square

#8D55D9 #D9555F #A1D955 #55D9CF

split-complementary

#8D55D9 #D9CF55 #5FD955

monochromatic

#512193 #6D2CC5 #8D55D9 #AF87E4 #D0B9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#8D55D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#8D55D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D55D9

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D55D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D55D9	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2472D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D718F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d55d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 85, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.195 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b387e5',
    500: '#8d55d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d55d9;
$custom-light: #b387e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d55d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.455,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57715,
    "c": 0.1945,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D55D9

secondary

#C9DFAB

accent

#E641A0

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D55D9

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

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