#8D5BB2#8D5BB2

#8D5BB2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.139 H 309.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5BB2
RGB	rgb(141, 91, 178)
HSL	hsl(274, 36%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(274, 49%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 48.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.44, 37.03, -38.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.44, 53.46, 313.84°)
OKLab	oklab(56.22% 0.0876 -0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(56.22% 0.139 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.7599, 16.3596, 44.0696)
Luminance	0.1636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5BB2 #80B25B

analogous

#615BB2 #8D5BB2 #B25BAB

triadic

#8D5BB2 #B28D5B #5BB28D

tetradic

#8D5BB2 #B2615B #80B25B #5BABB2

square

#8D5BB2 #B2615B #80B25B #5BABB2

split-complementary

#8D5BB2 #ABB25B #5BB261

monochromatic

#4D2F64 #6E428D #8D5BB2 #AA85C6 #C7AED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#8D5BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#8D5BB2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D5BB2

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D5BB2	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#456EB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5371B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88697E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 91, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.139 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08bc9',
    500: '#8d5bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5bb2;
$custom-light: #b08bc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.483,
    "s": 36.1,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56221,
    "c": 0.13881,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5BB2

secondary

#B2C7A2

accent

#CC5C8B

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F8

border

#D0CBD1

text

#110C13

muted

#807D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5BB2

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

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