#8D5BE7#8D5BE7

#8D5BE7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.203 H 296.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5BE7
RGB	rgb(141, 91, 231)
HSL	hsl(261, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(261, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 60.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.59, 50.16, -63.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.59, 81.25, 308.12°)
OKLab	oklab(59.55% 0.0893 -0.182)
OKLCH	oklch(59.55% 0.203 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.1457, 18.9139, 77.7010)
Luminance	0.1891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5BE7 #B5E75B

analogous

#5B6FE7 #8D5BE7 #D35BE7

triadic

#8D5BE7 #E78D5B #5BE78D

tetradic

#8D5BE7 #E75B6F #B5E75B #5BE7D3

square

#8D5BE7 #E75B6F #B5E75B #5BE7D3

split-complementary

#8D5BE7 #E7D35B #6FE75B

monochromatic

#4F19AE #6826DF #8D5BE7 #B290EF #D7C6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#8D5BE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#8D5BE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D5BE7

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5BE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D5BE7	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1177E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#777A99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5be7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 91, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.203 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48cef',
    500: '#8d5be7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5be7;
$custom-light: #b48cef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5be7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 74.468,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59546,
    "c": 0.2027,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5BE7

secondary

#D6E8B6

accent

#D70F8F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5BE7

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

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