#8D5AE2#8D5AE2

#8D5AE2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.198 H 297.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5AE2
RGB	rgb(141, 90, 226)
HSL	hsl(263, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(263, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 60.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.06, 49.41, -61.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.06, 79.24, 308.57°)
OKLab	oklab(59.06% 0.0906 -0.1762)
OKLCH	oklch(59.06% 0.198 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.3646, 18.4656, 74.0066)
Luminance	0.1847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5AE2 #AFE25A

analogous

#5A6BE2 #8D5AE2 #D15AE2

triadic

#8D5AE2 #E28D5A #5AE28D

tetradic

#8D5AE2 #E25A6B #AFE25A #5AE2D1

square

#8D5AE2 #E25A6B #AFE25A #5AE2D1

split-complementary

#8D5AE2 #E2D15A #6BE25A

monochromatic

#501DA5 #6926D9 #8D5AE2 #B18EEB #D5C2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#8D5AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#8D5AE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D5AE2

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D5AE2	1.00	4.47	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D75DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#797896

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 90, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.198 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38bec',
    500: '#8d5ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5ae2;
$custom-light: #b38bec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 70.103,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59055,
    "c": 0.19815,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5AE2

secondary

#D2E5B3

accent

#D2138B

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5AE2

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

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