#8D5AED#8D5AED

#8D5AED is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.211 H 295.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5AED
RGB	rgb(141, 90, 237)
HSL	hsl(261, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(261, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 62%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.79, 52.25, -66.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.79, 84.93, 307.96°)
OKLab	oklab(59.82% 0.09 -0.1909)
OKLCH	oklch(59.82% 0.211 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.9227, 19.0888, 82.2123)
Luminance	0.1909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5AED #BAED5A

analogous

#5A71ED #8D5AED #D65AED

triadic

#8D5AED #ED8D5A #5AED8D

tetradic

#8D5AED #ED5A71 #BAED5A #5AEDD6

square

#8D5AED #ED5A71 #BAED5A #5AEDD6

split-complementary

#8D5AED #EDD65A #71ED5A

monochromatic

#4D14B8 #6723E7 #8D5AED #B391F3 #D9C8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#8D5AED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#8D5AED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D5AED

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5AED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D5AED	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0077EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#747B9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5aed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 90, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.211 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48bf4',
    500: '#8d5aed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5aed;
$custom-light: #b48bf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5aed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.816,
    "s": 80.328,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59822,
    "c": 0.21107,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5AED

secondary

#D9EBB8

accent

#DD0993

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5AED

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

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