#8D5BE3#8D5BE3

#8D5BE3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.198 H 296.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5BE3
RGB	rgb(141, 91, 227)
HSL	hsl(262, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(262, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 59.9%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.32, 49.13, -62.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.32, 79.17, 308.35°)
OKLab	oklab(59.27% 0.0895 -0.1766)
OKLCH	oklch(59.27% 0.198 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.5872, 18.6905, 74.7596)
Luminance	0.1869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5BE3 #B1E35B

analogous

#5B6DE3 #8D5BE3 #D15BE3

triadic

#8D5BE3 #E38D5B #5BE38D

tetradic

#8D5BE3 #E35B6D #B1E35B #5BE3D1

square

#8D5BE3 #E35B6D #B1E35B #5BE3D1

split-complementary

#8D5BE3 #E3D15B #6DE35B

monochromatic

#4F1DA7 #6927DA #8D5BE3 #B18FEC #D6C4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#8D5BE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#8D5BE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D5BE3

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5BE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D5BE3	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E76E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5be3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 91, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.198 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38bed',
    500: '#8d5be3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5be3;
$custom-light: #b38bed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5be3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.059,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5927,
    "c": 0.19796,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5BE3

secondary

#D3E6B4

accent

#D3138C

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5BE3

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

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