#8D5BBD#8D5BBD

#8D5BBD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.152 H 305.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5BBD
RGB	rgb(141, 91, 189)
HSL	hsl(271, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(271, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 51.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.03, 39.63, -44.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.03, 59.24, 311.99°)
OKLab	oklab(56.85% 0.0887 -0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(56.85% 0.152 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.9090, 16.8192, 50.1211)
Luminance	0.1682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5BBD #8BBD5B

analogous

#5C5BBD #8D5BBD #BD5BBC

triadic

#8D5BBD #BD8D5B #5BBD8D

tetradic

#8D5BBD #BD5C5B #8BBD5B #5BBCBD

square

#8D5BBD #BD5C5B #8BBD5B #5BBCBD

split-complementary

#8D5BBD #BCBD5B #5BBD5C

monochromatic

#4F2D70 #6E3F9C #8D5BBD #AB87CF #CAB2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#8D5BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#8D5BBD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D5BBD

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D5BBD	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D70C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C72BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#856D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 91, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.152 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18bd1',
    500: '#8d5bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5bbd;
$custom-light: #b18bd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.612,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5685,
    "c": 0.15217,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5BBD

secondary

#B9CFA5

accent

#D25593

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#110C14

muted

#807D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5BBD

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

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