#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
RGBrgb(141, 85, 230)
HSLhsl(263, 74%, 62%)
HSVhsv(263, 63%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(38.7%, 63%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(49.34, 53.07, -65.37)
CIE-LCHlch(49.34, 84.20, 309.07°)
OKLaboklab(58.62% 0.096 -0.1862)
OKLCHoklch(58.62% 0.21 297.3)
XYZxyz(28.5123, 17.8724, 76.7951)
Luminance0.1787 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##8D55E61.004.594.574.59
#FFFFFF4.591.0021.001.00
#0000004.5721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.591.0021.001.00

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

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#8D55E6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva