#8D5BE5#8D5BE5

#8D5BE5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.200 H 296.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5BE5
RGB	rgb(141, 91, 229)
HSL	hsl(262, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(262, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 60.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.45, 49.64, -63.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.45, 80.21, 308.23°)
OKLab	oklab(59.41% 0.0894 -0.1793)
OKLCH	oklch(59.41% 0.2 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.8648, 18.8015, 76.2218)
Luminance	0.1880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5BE5 #B3E55B

analogous

#5B6EE5 #8D5BE5 #D25BE5

triadic

#8D5BE5 #E58D5B #5BE58D

tetradic

#8D5BE5 #E55B6E #B3E55B #5BE5D2

square

#8D5BE5 #E55B6E #B3E55B #5BE5D2

split-complementary

#8D5BE5 #E5D25B #6EE55B

monochromatic

#4F1BAB #6826DD #8D5BE5 #B290ED #D6C5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#8D5BE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#8D5BE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D5BE5

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5BE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D5BE5	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1876E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787997

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5be5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 91, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.200 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48cee',
    500: '#8d5be5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5be5;
$custom-light: #b48cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5be5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.739,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59407,
    "c": 0.20033,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5BE5

secondary

#D5E7B5

accent

#D5118E

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5BE5

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

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