#8D5BE8#8D5BE8

#8D5BE8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.204 H 295.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5BE8
RGB	rgb(141, 91, 232)
HSL	hsl(261, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(261, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 60.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.65, 50.42, -64.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.65, 81.77, 308.07°)
OKLab	oklab(59.61% 0.0892 -0.1833)
OKLCH	oklch(59.61% 0.204 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.2873, 18.9705, 78.4469)
Luminance	0.1897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5BE8 #B6E85B

analogous

#5B6FE8 #8D5BE8 #D45BE8

triadic

#8D5BE8 #E88D5B #5BE88D

tetradic

#8D5BE8 #E85B6F #B6E85B #5BE8D4

square

#8D5BE8 #E85B6F #B6E85B #5BE8D4

split-complementary

#8D5BE8 #E8D45B #6FE85B

monochromatic

#4E19B0 #6825E0 #8D5BE8 #B291F0 #D8C6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#8D5BE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#8D5BE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D5BE8

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5BE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D5BE8	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D77E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767A99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5be8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 91, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.204 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48cf0',
    500: '#8d5be8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5be8;
$custom-light: #b48cf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5be8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.277,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59615,
    "c": 0.20387,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5BE8

secondary

#D7E9B6

accent

#D80E90

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5BE8

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

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