#8D5AEC#8D5AEC

#8D5AEC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.210 H 295.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5AEC
RGB	rgb(141, 90, 236)
HSL	hsl(261, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(261, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 61.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.72, 51.99, -66.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.72, 84.42, 308.01°)
OKLab	oklab(59.75% 0.0901 -0.1896)
OKLCH	oklch(59.75% 0.21 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.7770, 19.0305, 81.4450)
Luminance	0.1903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5AEC #B9EC5A

analogous

#5A70EC #8D5AEC #D65AEC

triadic

#8D5AEC #EC8D5A #5AEC8D

tetradic

#8D5AEC #EC5A70 #B9EC5A #5AECD6

square

#8D5AEC #EC5A70 #B9EC5A #5AECD6

split-complementary

#8D5AEC #ECD65A #70EC5A

monochromatic

#4D15B7 #6723E6 #8D5AEC #B391F2 #D9C8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#8D5AEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#8D5AEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D5AEC

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5AEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D5AEC	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0077E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#757B9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5aec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 90, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.210 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48bf3',
    500: '#8d5aec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5aec;
$custom-light: #b48bf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5aec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.959,
    "s": 79.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59751,
    "c": 0.20991,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5AEC

secondary

#D9EBB7

accent

#DC0A92

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5AEC

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

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