#8D55DB#8D55DB

#8D55DB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.197 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D55DB
RGB	rgb(141, 85, 219)
HSL	hsl(265, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(265, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 61.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.60, 50.29, -60.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.60, 78.54, 309.81°)
OKLab	oklab(57.85% 0.0967 -0.1714)
OKLCH	oklch(57.85% 0.197 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.0160, 17.2739, 68.9150)
Luminance	0.1727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D55DB #A3DB55

analogous

#5560DB #8D55DB #D055DB

triadic

#8D55DB #DB8D55 #55DB8D

tetradic

#8D55DB #DB5560 #A3DB55 #55DBD0

square

#8D55DB #DB5560 #A3DB55 #55DBD0

split-complementary

#8D55DB #DBD055 #60DB55

monochromatic

#512096 #6C2AC8 #8D55DB #AF88E6 #D1BAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#8D55DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#8D55DB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D55DB

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D55DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D55DB	1.00	4.71	4.45	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2072D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C7290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d55db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 85, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.197 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b387e7',
    500: '#8d55db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d55db;
$custom-light: #b387e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d55db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.075,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57851,
    "c": 0.19682,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D55DB

secondary

#CAE0AC

accent

#E840A2

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D55DB

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

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