#8D5AE1#8D5AE1

#8D5AE1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.197 H 297.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5AE1
RGB	rgb(141, 90, 225)
HSL	hsl(263, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(263, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 60%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.99, 49.15, -61.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.99, 78.72, 308.63°)
OKLab	oklab(58.99% 0.0907 -0.1748)
OKLCH	oklch(58.99% 0.197 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2278, 18.4109, 73.2860)
Luminance	0.1841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5AE1 #AEE15A

analogous

#5A6BE1 #8D5AE1 #D15AE1

triadic

#8D5AE1 #E18D5A #5AE18D

tetradic

#8D5AE1 #E15A6B #AEE15A #5AE1D1

square

#8D5AE1 #E15A6B #AEE15A #5AE1D1

split-complementary

#8D5AE1 #E1D15A #6BE15A

monochromatic

#501EA3 #6927D7 #8D5AE1 #B18EEA #D5C2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#8D5AE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#8D5AE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D5AE1

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5AE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D5AE1	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2075DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#797795

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5ae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 90, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.197 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38beb',
    500: '#8d5ae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5ae1;
$custom-light: #b38beb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5ae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.667,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58986,
    "c": 0.19697,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5AE1

secondary

#D2E4B2

accent

#D1148A

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5AE1

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

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