#8D5BB5#8D5BB5

#8D5BB5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.142 H 308.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5BB5
RGB	rgb(141, 91, 181)
HSL	hsl(273, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(273, 50%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 49.7%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.60, 37.73, -40.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.60, 55.03, 313.29°)
OKLab	oklab(56.39% 0.088 -0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(56.39% 0.142 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.0644, 16.4814, 45.6733)
Luminance	0.1648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5BB5 #83B55B

analogous

#605BB5 #8D5BB5 #B55BB0

triadic

#8D5BB5 #B58D5B #5BB58D

tetradic

#8D5BB5 #B5605B #83B55B #5BB0B5

square

#8D5BB5 #B5605B #83B55B #5BB0B5

split-complementary

#8D5BB5 #B0B55B #5BB560

monochromatic

#4E2F67 #6E4291 #8D5BB5 #AA85C8 #C8AFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#8D5BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#8D5BB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D5BB5

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D5BB5	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#436FB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5172B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#876A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 91, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.142 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08bcb',
    500: '#8d5bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5bb5;
$custom-light: #b08bcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 37.815,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56389,
    "c": 0.14245,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5BB5

secondary

#B4C9A3

accent

#CE5A8D

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F8

border

#D0CBD1

text

#110C13

muted

#807D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5BB5

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →