#8D55DE#8D55DE

#8D55DE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.200 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D55DE
RGB	rgb(141, 85, 222)
HSL	hsl(265, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(265, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 61.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.80, 51.04, -61.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.80, 80.09, 309.59°)
OKLab	oklab(58.06% 0.0966 -0.1755)
OKLCH	oklch(58.06% 0.2 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.4145, 17.4333, 71.0137)
Luminance	0.1743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D55DE #A6DE55

analogous

#5561DE #8D55DE #D255DE

triadic

#8D55DE #DE8D55 #55DE8D

tetradic

#8D55DE #DE5561 #A6DE55 #55DED2

square

#8D55DE #DE5561 #A6DE55 #55DED2

split-complementary

#8D55DE #DED255 #61DE55

monochromatic

#511E9B #6C28CE #8D55DE #AF88E8 #D2BCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#8D55DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#8D55DE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D55DE

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D55DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D55DE	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1973DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B7392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d55de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 85, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.200 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b388e9',
    500: '#8d55de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d55de;
$custom-light: #b388e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d55de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.526,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58058,
    "c": 0.2003,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D55DE

secondary

#CCE2AD

accent

#CF1684

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D55DE

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

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