#8D5AE4#8D5AE4

#8D5AE4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.201 H 296.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5AE4
RGB	rgb(141, 90, 228)
HSL	hsl(262, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(262, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.2%, 60.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.19, 49.92, -62.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.19, 80.28, 308.45°)
OKLab	oklab(59.19% 0.0906 -0.1789)
OKLCH	oklch(59.19% 0.201 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.6407, 18.5760, 75.4603)
Luminance	0.1858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5AE4 #B1E45A

analogous

#5A6CE4 #8D5AE4 #D25AE4

triadic

#8D5AE4 #E48D5A #5AE48D

tetradic

#8D5AE4 #E45A6C #B1E45A #5AE4D2

square

#8D5AE4 #E45A6C #B1E45A #5AE4D2

split-complementary

#8D5AE4 #E4D25A #6CE45A

monochromatic

#4F1CA8 #6925DB #8D5AE4 #B18FED #D6C3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#8D5AE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#8D5AE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D5AE4

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5AE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D5AE4	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1876E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787897

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5ae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 90, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.201 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48bed',
    500: '#8d5ae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5ae4;
$custom-light: #b48bed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5ae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.174,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59192,
    "c": 0.20051,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5AE4

secondary

#D3E6B4

accent

#D4128C

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5AE4

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

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