#8D55E4#8D55E4

#8D55E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.207 H 297.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D55E4
RGB	rgb(141, 85, 228)
HSL	hsl(263, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(263, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.2%, 62.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.20, 52.56, -64.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.20, 83.17, 309.19°)
OKLab	oklab(58.48% 0.0961 -0.1836)
OKLCH	oklch(58.48% 0.207 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.2330, 17.7607, 75.3244)
Luminance	0.1776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D55E4 #ACE455

analogous

#5565E4 #8D55E4 #D555E4

triadic

#8D55E4 #E48D55 #55E48D

tetradic

#8D55E4 #E45565 #ACE455 #55E4D5

square

#8D55E4 #E45565 #ACE455 #55E4D5

split-complementary

#8D55E4 #E4D555 #65E455

monochromatic

#501AA4 #6A23D9 #8D55E4 #B08AEC #D4BFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#8D55E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#8D55E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D55E4

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D55E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D55E4	1.00	4.61	4.55	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d55e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 85, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.207 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b488ed',
    500: '#8d55e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d55e4;
$custom-light: #b488ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d55e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.497,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58478,
    "c": 0.20721,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D55E4

secondary

#D0E5B0

accent

#D51188

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D55E4

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

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