#8D5BE4#8D5BE4

#8D5BE4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.199 H 296.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5BE4
RGB	rgb(141, 91, 228)
HSL	hsl(262, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(262, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.2%, 60.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.39, 49.38, -62.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.39, 79.70, 308.29°)
OKLab	oklab(59.34% 0.0894 -0.1779)
OKLCH	oklch(59.34% 0.199 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.7256, 18.7458, 75.4886)
Luminance	0.1875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5BE4 #B2E45B

analogous

#5B6DE4 #8D5BE4 #D25BE4

triadic

#8D5BE4 #E48D5B #5BE48D

tetradic

#8D5BE4 #E45B6D #B2E45B #5BE4D2

square

#8D5BE4 #E45B6D #B2E45B #5BE4D2

split-complementary

#8D5BE4 #E4D25B #6DE45B

monochromatic

#4F1CA9 #6826DB #8D5BE4 #B290ED #D6C4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#8D5BE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#8D5BE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D5BE4

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5BE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D5BE4	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B76E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787997

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5be4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 91, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.199 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48bed',
    500: '#8d5be4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5be4;
$custom-light: #b48bed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5be4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.898,
    "s": 71.728,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59339,
    "c": 0.19915,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5BE4

secondary

#D4E6B4

accent

#D4128D

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5BE4

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

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