#8D5BE1#8D5BE1

#8D5BE1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.196 H 297.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5BE1
RGB	rgb(141, 91, 225)
HSL	hsl(262, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(262, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 59.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.19, 48.61, -61.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.19, 78.13, 308.47°)
OKLab	oklab(59.13% 0.0895 -0.1739)
OKLCH	oklch(59.13% 0.196 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.3127, 18.5807, 73.3143)
Luminance	0.1858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5BE1 #AFE15B

analogous

#5B6CE1 #8D5BE1 #D05BE1

triadic

#8D5BE1 #E18D5B #5BE18D

tetradic

#8D5BE1 #E15B6C #AFE15B #5BE1D0

square

#8D5BE1 #E15B6C #AFE15B #5BE1D0

split-complementary

#8D5BE1 #E1D05B #6CE15B

monochromatic

#501EA4 #6927D7 #8D5BE1 #B18FEA #D5C2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#8D5BE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#8D5BE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D5BE1

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5BE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D5BE1	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2276DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#797895

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5be1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 91, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.196 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38beb',
    500: '#8d5be1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5be1;
$custom-light: #b38beb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5be1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.388,
    "s": 69.072,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59134,
    "c": 0.19558,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5BE1

secondary

#D2E5B3

accent

#D1148B

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5BE1

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

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