#8D5BD9#8D5BD9

#8D5BD9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.186 H 298.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5BD9
RGB	rgb(141, 91, 217)
HSL	hsl(264, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(264, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 58.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.68, 46.57, -57.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.68, 73.96, 309.02°)
OKLab	oklab(58.6% 0.0897 -0.163)
OKLCH	oklch(58.6% 0.186 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.2469, 18.1544, 67.7008)
Luminance	0.1815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5BD9 #A7D95B

analogous

#5B68D9 #8D5BD9 #CC5BD9

triadic

#8D5BD9 #D98D5B #5BD98D

tetradic

#8D5BD9 #D95B68 #A7D95B #5BD9CC

square

#8D5BD9 #D95B68 #A7D95B #5BD9CC

split-complementary

#8D5BD9 #D9CC5B #68D95B

monochromatic

#512397 #6C2EC8 #8D5BD9 #B08DE5 #D2BEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#8D5BD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#8D5BD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D5BD9

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5BD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D5BD9	1.00	4.53	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1776DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3075D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C7591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5bd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 91, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.186 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38be5',
    500: '#8d5bd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5bd9;
$custom-light: #b38be5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5bd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.81,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58598,
    "c": 0.18604,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5BD9

secondary

#CDE0B0

accent

#CA1B85

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5BD9

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

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