#8D5AE6#8D5AE6

#8D5AE6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.203 H 296.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5AE6
RGB	rgb(141, 90, 230)
HSL	hsl(262, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(262, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 60.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.32, 50.44, -63.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.32, 81.32, 308.33°)
OKLab	oklab(59.33% 0.0904 -0.1816)
OKLCH	oklch(59.33% 0.203 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.9199, 18.6877, 76.9310)
Luminance	0.1869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5AE6 #B3E65A

analogous

#5A6DE6 #8D5AE6 #D35AE6

triadic

#8D5AE6 #E68D5A #5AE68D

tetradic

#8D5AE6 #E65A6D #B3E65A #5AE6D3

square

#8D5AE6 #E65A6D #B3E65A #5AE6D3

split-complementary

#8D5AE6 #E6D35A #6DE65A

monochromatic

#4F1AAC #6825DE #8D5AE6 #B28FEE #D6C4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#8D5AE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#8D5AE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D5AE6

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5AE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D5AE6	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1176E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#777998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5ae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 90, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.203 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48bef',
    500: '#8d5ae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5ae6;
$custom-light: #b48bef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5ae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.857,
    "s": 73.684,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59331,
    "c": 0.20287,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5AE6

secondary

#D5E7B5

accent

#D6108E

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5AE6

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

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