#8D5AD8#8D5AD8

#8D5AD8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.186 H 299.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5AD8
RGB	rgb(141, 90, 216)
HSL	hsl(264, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(264, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 58.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.41, 46.86, -57.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.41, 74.03, 309.26°)
OKLab	oklab(58.38% 0.0909 -0.1626)
OKLCH	oklch(58.38% 0.186 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.0323, 17.9327, 66.9896)
Luminance	0.1793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5AD8 #A5D85A

analogous

#5A66D8 #8D5AD8 #CC5AD8

triadic

#8D5AD8 #D88D5A #5AD88D

tetradic

#8D5AD8 #D85A66 #A5D85A #5AD8CC

square

#8D5AD8 #D85A66 #A5D85A #5AD8CC

split-complementary

#8D5AD8 #D8CC5A #66D85A

monochromatic

#512395 #6C2FC6 #8D5AD8 #AF8BE4 #D1BDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#8D5AD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#8D5AD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D5AD8

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5AD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D5AD8	1.00	4.58	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1575DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3074D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D7490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5ad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 90, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.186 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38be5',
    500: '#8d5ad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5ad8;
$custom-light: #b38be5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5ad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.286,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58381,
    "c": 0.18628,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5AD8

secondary

#CCDFAF

accent

#E543A3

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5AD8

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

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