#8D5AC9#8D5AC9

#8D5AC9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.168 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5AC9
RGB	rgb(141, 90, 201)
HSL	hsl(268, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(268, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 55.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.50, 43.11, -50.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.50, 66.17, 310.65°)
OKLab	oklab(57.42% 0.0908 -0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(57.42% 0.168 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.1809, 17.1921, 57.2388)
Luminance	0.1719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5AC9 #96C95A

analogous

#5A5EC9 #8D5AC9 #C55AC9

triadic

#8D5AC9 #C98D5A #5AC98D

tetradic

#8D5AC9 #C95A5E #96C95A #5AC9C5

square

#8D5AC9 #C95A5E #96C95A #5AC9C5

split-complementary

#8D5AC9 #C9C55A #5EC95A

monochromatic

#512A7F #6E39AD #8D5AC9 #AD88D8 #CDB6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#8D5AC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#8D5AC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D5AC9

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5AC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D5AC9	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F72CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4173C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#827089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5ac9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 90, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.168 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28ada',
    500: '#8d5ac9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5ac9;
$custom-light: #b28ada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5ac9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.568,
    "s": 50.685,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57418,
    "c": 0.16828,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5AC9

secondary

#C1D6A9

accent

#DA4E9A

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5AC9

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

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