#8D5BD7#8D5BD7

#8D5BD7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.184 H 299.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5BD7
RGB	rgb(141, 91, 215)
HSL	hsl(264, 61%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(264, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.4%, 57.7%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.56, 46.06, -56.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.56, 72.91, 309.18°)
OKLab	oklab(58.47% 0.0897 -0.1602)
OKLCH	oklch(58.47% 0.184 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.9883, 18.0509, 66.3391)
Luminance	0.1805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5BD7 #A5D75B

analogous

#5B67D7 #8D5BD7 #CB5BD7

triadic

#8D5BD7 #D78D5B #5BD78D

tetradic

#8D5BD7 #D75B67 #A5D75B #5BD7CB

square

#8D5BD7 #D75B67 #A5D75B #5BD7CB

split-complementary

#8D5BD7 #D7CB5B #67D75B

monochromatic

#512494 #6C30C5 #8D5BD7 #AF8CE3 #D1BDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#8D5BD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#8D5BD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D5BD7

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5BD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D5BD7	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C76DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3375D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D7590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5bd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 91, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.184 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38be4',
    500: '#8d5bd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5bd7;
$custom-light: #b38be4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5bd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.194,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58466,
    "c": 0.18364,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5BD7

secondary

#CCDFAF

accent

#E444A3

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5BD7

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

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