#8D5AE8#8D5AE8

#8D5AE8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.205 H 296.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5AE8
RGB	rgb(141, 90, 232)
HSL	hsl(262, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(262, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 61.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.45, 50.95, -64.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.45, 82.35, 308.22°)
OKLab	oklab(59.47% 0.0903 -0.1843)
OKLCH	oklch(59.47% 0.205 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.2024, 18.8007, 78.4186)
Luminance	0.1880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5AE8 #B5E85A

analogous

#5A6EE8 #8D5AE8 #D45AE8

triadic

#8D5AE8 #E88D5A #5AE88D

tetradic

#8D5AE8 #E85A6E #B5E85A #5AE8D4

square

#8D5AE8 #E85A6E #B5E85A #5AE8D4

split-complementary

#8D5AE8 #E8D45A #6EE85A

monochromatic

#4F18AF #6824E1 #8D5AE8 #B290EF #D7C5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#8D5AE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#8D5AE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D5AE8

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5AE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D5AE8	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0676E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767A99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5ae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 90, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.205 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48bf0',
    500: '#8d5ae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5ae8;
$custom-light: #b48bf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5ae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.549,
    "s": 75.532,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5947,
    "c": 0.20522,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5AE8

secondary

#D6E8B5

accent

#D80E8F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5AE8

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

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