#8D55E8#8D55E8

#8D55E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.212 H 296.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D55E8
RGB	rgb(141, 85, 232)
HSL	hsl(263, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(263, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 63.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.48, 53.58, -66.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.48, 85.22, 308.95°)
OKLab	oklab(58.76% 0.0958 -0.1889)
OKLCH	oklch(58.76% 0.212 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.7947, 17.9854, 78.2827)
Luminance	0.1799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D55E8 #B0E855

analogous

#5567E8 #8D55E8 #D655E8

triadic

#8D55E8 #E88D55 #55E88D

tetradic

#8D55E8 #E85567 #B0E855 #55E8D6

square

#8D55E8 #E85567 #B0E855 #55E8D6

split-complementary

#8D55E8 #E8D655 #67E855

monochromatic

#5017AB #691FE1 #8D55E8 #B18BEF #D5C1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#8D55E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#8D55E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D55E8

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D55E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D55E8	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0074E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#777697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d55e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 85, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.212 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b488f0',
    500: '#8d55e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d55e8;
$custom-light: #b488f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d55e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.857,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58763,
    "c": 0.2118,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D55E8

secondary

#D3E7B1

accent

#D80D8B

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D55E8

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

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