#8D5BD8#8D5BD8

#8D5BD8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.185 H 299.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5BD8
RGB	rgb(141, 91, 216)
HSL	hsl(264, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(264, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 57.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.62, 46.31, -56.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.62, 73.43, 309.10°)
OKLab	oklab(58.53% 0.0897 -0.1616)
OKLCH	oklch(58.53% 0.185 299)
XYZ	xyz(27.1172, 18.1025, 67.0179)
Luminance	0.1810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5BD8 #A6D85B

analogous

#5B67D8 #8D5BD8 #CB5BD8

triadic

#8D5BD8 #D88D5B #5BD88D

tetradic

#8D5BD8 #D85B67 #A6D85B #5BD8CB

square

#8D5BD8 #D85B67 #A6D85B #5BD8CB

split-complementary

#8D5BD8 #D8CB5B #67D85B

monochromatic

#512395 #6C2FC7 #8D5BD8 #AF8CE4 #D2BEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#8D5BD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#8D5BD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D5BD8

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5BD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D5BD8	1.00	4.54	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1976DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3275D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D7591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5bd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 91, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.185 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38be5',
    500: '#8d5bd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5bd8;
$custom-light: #b38be5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5bd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58532,
    "c": 0.18484,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.18103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5BD8

secondary

#CCDFAF

accent

#C91C84

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5BD8

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

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