#8D55E6#8D55E6

#8D55E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.209 H 297.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D55E6
RGB	rgb(141, 85, 230)
HSL	hsl(263, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(263, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 63%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.34, 53.07, -65.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.34, 84.20, 309.07°)
OKLab	oklab(58.62% 0.096 -0.1862)
OKLCH	oklch(58.62% 0.21 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.5123, 17.8724, 76.7951)
Luminance	0.1787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D55E6 #AEE655

analogous

#5566E6 #8D55E6 #D555E6

triadic

#8D55E6 #E68D55 #55E68D

tetradic

#8D55E6 #E65566 #AEE655 #55E6D5

square

#8D55E6 #E65566 #AEE655 #55E6D5

split-complementary

#8D55E6 #E6D555 #66E655

monochromatic

#5019A8 #6921DD #8D55E6 #B18AEE #D5C0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#8D55E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#8D55E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D55E6

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D55E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D55E6	1.00	4.59	4.57	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0074E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#777696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d55e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 85, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.209 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b488ef',
    500: '#8d55e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d55e6;
$custom-light: #b488ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d55e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.172,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5862,
    "c": 0.2095,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D55E6

secondary

#D2E6B1

accent

#D60F89

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D55E6

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

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