#8D5BD4#8D5BD4

#8D5BD4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.180 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5BD4
RGB	rgb(141, 91, 212)
HSL	hsl(265, 58%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(265, 57%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 57.1%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.37, 45.30, -55.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.37, 71.34, 309.42°)
OKLab	oklab(58.27% 0.0897 -0.1561)
OKLCH	oklch(58.27% 0.18 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.6064, 17.8982, 64.3275)
Luminance	0.1790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5BD4 #A2D45B

analogous

#5B66D4 #8D5BD4 #C95BD4

triadic

#8D5BD4 #D48D5B #5BD48D

tetradic

#8D5BD4 #D45B66 #A2D45B #5BD4C9

square

#8D5BD4 #D45B66 #A2D45B #5BD4C9

split-complementary

#8D5BD4 #D4C95B #66D45B

monochromatic

#51268F #6D32C0 #8D5BD4 #AF8BE1 #D0BCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#8D5BD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#8D5BD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D5BD4

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5BD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D5BD4	1.00	4.59	4.58	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2275D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3774D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E748F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5bd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 91, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.180 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28be2',
    500: '#8d5bd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5bd4;
$custom-light: #b28be2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5bd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.793,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58271,
    "c": 0.18003,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5BD4

secondary

#C9DDAE

accent

#E246A1

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5BD4

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

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