#8D5AE5#8D5AE5

#8D5AE5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.202 H 296.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5AE5
RGB	rgb(141, 90, 229)
HSL	hsl(262, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(262, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 60.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.25, 50.18, -63.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.25, 80.80, 308.39°)
OKLab	oklab(59.26% 0.0905 -0.1802)
OKLCH	oklch(59.26% 0.202 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.7799, 18.6317, 76.1935)
Luminance	0.1863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5AE5 #B2E55A

analogous

#5A6DE5 #8D5AE5 #D25AE5

triadic

#8D5AE5 #E58D5A #5AE58D

tetradic

#8D5AE5 #E55A6D #B2E55A #5AE5D2

square

#8D5AE5 #E55A6D #B2E55A #5AE5D2

split-complementary

#8D5AE5 #E5D25A #6DE55A

monochromatic

#4F1BAA #6825DD #8D5AE5 #B28FED #D6C4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#8D5AE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#8D5AE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D5AE5

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5AE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D5AE5	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1476E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787997

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5ae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 90, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.202 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48bee',
    500: '#8d5ae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5ae5;
$custom-light: #b48bee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5ae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.014,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59261,
    "c": 0.20168,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5AE5

secondary

#D4E7B4

accent

#D5118D

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5AE5

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

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