#8D5BD5#8D5BD5

#8D5BD5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.181 H 299.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5BD5
RGB	rgb(141, 91, 213)
HSL	hsl(265, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(265, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 57.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.43, 45.55, -55.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.43, 71.86, 309.34°)
OKLab	oklab(58.34% 0.0897 -0.1575)
OKLCH	oklch(58.34% 0.181 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.7329, 17.9488, 64.9939)
Luminance	0.1795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5BD5 #A3D55B

analogous

#5B66D5 #8D5BD5 #CA5BD5

triadic

#8D5BD5 #D58D5B #5BD58D

tetradic

#8D5BD5 #D55B66 #A3D55B #5BD5CA

square

#8D5BD5 #D55B66 #A3D55B #5BD5CA

split-complementary

#8D5BD5 #D5CA5B #66D55B

monochromatic

#512591 #6C32C1 #8D5BD5 #AF8CE1 #D1BCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#8D5BD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#8D5BD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D5BD5

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5BD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D5BD5	1.00	4.58	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2075D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3575D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E748F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5bd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 91, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.181 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28be3',
    500: '#8d5bd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5bd5;
$custom-light: #b28be3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5bd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.59,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58336,
    "c": 0.18124,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5BD5

secondary

#CADEAE

accent

#E245A2

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5BD5

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

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