#8D5BD3#8D5BD3

#8D5BD3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.179 H 300.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5BD3
RGB	rgb(141, 91, 211)
HSL	hsl(265, 58%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(265, 57%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 56.9%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.31, 45.05, -54.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.31, 70.81, 309.51°)
OKLab	oklab(58.21% 0.0897 -0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(58.21% 0.179 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4806, 17.8479, 63.6653)
Luminance	0.1785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5BD3 #A1D35B

analogous

#5B65D3 #8D5BD3 #C95BD3

triadic

#8D5BD3 #D38D5B #5BD38D

tetradic

#8D5BD3 #D35B65 #A1D35B #5BD3C9

square

#8D5BD3 #D35B65 #A1D35B #5BD3C9

split-complementary

#8D5BD3 #D3C95B #65D35B

monochromatic

#51268E #6D33BE #8D5BD3 #AF8BE0 #D0BCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#8D5BD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#8D5BD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D5BD3

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5BD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D5BD3	1.00	4.60	4.57	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2475D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3874D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E738E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5bd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 91, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.179 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28be1',
    500: '#8d5bd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5bd3;
$custom-light: #b28be1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5bd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58206,
    "c": 0.17883,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5BD3

secondary

#C9DCAD

accent

#E147A1

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5BD3

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

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