#8D5AEA#8D5AEA

#8D5AEA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.208 H 295.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5AEA
RGB	rgb(141, 90, 234)
HSL	hsl(261, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(261, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 61.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.59, 51.47, -65.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.59, 83.39, 308.11°)
OKLab	oklab(59.61% 0.0902 -0.1869)
OKLCH	oklch(59.61% 0.208 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4881, 18.9150, 79.9233)
Luminance	0.1892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5AEA #B7EA5A

analogous

#5A6FEA #8D5AEA #D55AEA

triadic

#8D5AEA #EA8D5A #5AEA8D

tetradic

#8D5AEA #EA5A6F #B7EA5A #5AEAD5

square

#8D5AEA #EA5A6F #B7EA5A #5AEAD5

split-complementary

#8D5AEA #EAD55A #6FEA5A

monochromatic

#4E17B3 #6724E3 #8D5AEA #B390F1 #D8C7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#8D5AEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#8D5AEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D5AEA

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5AEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D5AEA	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0076E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#757A9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5aea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 90, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.208 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48bf2',
    500: '#8d5aea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5aea;
$custom-light: #b48bf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5aea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.25,
    "s": 77.419,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5961,
    "c": 0.20756,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5AEA

secondary

#D7E9B6

accent

#DA0C91

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5AEA

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

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