#8D5BE6#8D5BE6

#8D5BE6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.202 H 296.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5BE6
RGB	rgb(141, 91, 230)
HSL	hsl(262, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(262, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 60.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.52, 49.90, -63.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.52, 80.73, 308.18°)
OKLab	oklab(59.48% 0.0893 -0.1806)
OKLCH	oklch(59.48% 0.202 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.0048, 18.8575, 76.9593)
Luminance	0.1886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5BE6 #B4E65B

analogous

#5B6EE6 #8D5BE6 #D35BE6

triadic

#8D5BE6 #E68D5B #5BE68D

tetradic

#8D5BE6 #E65B6E #B4E65B #5BE6D3

square

#8D5BE6 #E65B6E #B4E65B #5BE6D3

split-complementary

#8D5BE6 #E6D35B #6EE65B

monochromatic

#4F1AAC #6826DE #8D5BE6 #B290EE #D7C5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#8D5BE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#8D5BE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D5BE6

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5BE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D5BE6	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1576E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#777A98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5be6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 91, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.202 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48cef',
    500: '#8d5be6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5be6;
$custom-light: #b48cef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5be6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.583,
    "s": 73.545,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59476,
    "c": 0.20152,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5BE6

secondary

#D5E7B5

accent

#D6108E

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5BE6

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

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