#8D5BB3#8D5BB3

#8D5BB3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.140 H 308.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5BB3
RGB	rgb(141, 91, 179)
HSL	hsl(274, 37%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(274, 49%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 49.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.49, 37.26, -39.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.49, 53.98, 313.65°)
OKLab	oklab(56.28% 0.0877 -0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(56.28% 0.14 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.8607, 16.3999, 44.6003)
Luminance	0.1640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5BB3 #81B35B

analogous

#615BB3 #8D5BB3 #B35BAD

triadic

#8D5BB3 #B38D5B #5BB38D

tetradic

#8D5BB3 #B3615B #81B35B #5BADB3

square

#8D5BB3 #B3615B #81B35B #5BADB3

split-complementary

#8D5BB3 #ADB35B #5BB361

monochromatic

#4D2F65 #6E428F #8D5BB3 #AA85C6 #C7AFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#8D5BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#8D5BB3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D5BB3

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D5BB3	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#446FB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5271B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#886A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 91, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.140 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08bca',
    500: '#8d5bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5bb3;
$custom-light: #b08bca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.091,
    "s": 36.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56277,
    "c": 0.14002,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5BB3

secondary

#B2C8A2

accent

#CD5B8C

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F8

border

#D0CBD1

text

#110C13

muted

#807D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5BB3

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

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