#8D5BC9#8D5BC9

#8D5BC9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.167 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5BC9
RGB	rgb(141, 91, 201)
HSL	hsl(267, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(267, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 54.7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.71, 42.56, -49.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.71, 65.56, 310.48°)
OKLab	oklab(57.57% 0.0895 -0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(57.57% 0.167 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.2658, 17.3619, 57.2671)
Luminance	0.1736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5BC9 #97C95B

analogous

#5B60C9 #8D5BC9 #C45BC9

triadic

#8D5BC9 #C98D5B #5BC98D

tetradic

#8D5BC9 #C95B60 #97C95B #5BC9C4

square

#8D5BC9 #C95B60 #97C95B #5BC9C4

split-complementary

#8D5BC9 #C9C45B #60C95B

monochromatic

#512A80 #6E39AE #8D5BC9 #AD89D8 #CDB7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#8D5BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#8D5BC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D5BC9

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D5BC9	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3173CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4273C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#827089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 91, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.167 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18bda',
    500: '#8d5bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5bc9;
$custom-light: #b18bda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57574,
    "c": 0.16675,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5BC9

secondary

#C2D6AA

accent

#DA4E9A

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5BC9

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

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