#8D5BC2#8D5BC2

#8D5BC2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.158 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5BC2
RGB	rgb(141, 91, 194)
HSL	hsl(269, 46%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(269, 53%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 53.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.31, 40.84, -46.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.31, 61.87, 311.31°)
OKLab	oklab(57.15% 0.0891 -0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(57.15% 0.158 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.4611, 17.0400, 53.0289)
Luminance	0.1704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5BC2 #90C25B

analogous

#5B5CC2 #8D5BC2 #C05BC2

triadic

#8D5BC2 #C28D5B #5BC28D

tetradic

#8D5BC2 #C25B5C #90C25B #5BC2C0

square

#8D5BC2 #C25B5C #90C25B #5BC2C0

split-complementary

#8D5BC2 #C2C05B #5CC25B

monochromatic

#502C77 #6E3DA3 #8D5BC2 #AC88D3 #CBB4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#8D5BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#8D5BC2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D5BC2

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D5BC2	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3871C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4873BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#846E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 91, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.158 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18bd5',
    500: '#8d5bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5bc2;
$custom-light: #b18bd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.126,
    "s": 45.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57146,
    "c": 0.15825,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5BC2

secondary

#BDD2A7

accent

#D55296

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#110C14

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5BC2

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

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