#8D5BE9#8D5BE9

#8D5BE9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.205 H 295.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5BE9
RGB	rgb(141, 91, 233)
HSL	hsl(261, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(261, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 60.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.72, 50.68, -64.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.72, 82.29, 308.01°)
OKLab	oklab(59.69% 0.0892 -0.1847)
OKLCH	oklch(59.69% 0.205 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4297, 19.0275, 79.1971)
Luminance	0.1903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5BE9 #B7E95B

analogous

#5B70E9 #8D5BE9 #D45BE9

triadic

#8D5BE9 #E98D5B #5BE98D

tetradic

#8D5BE9 #E95B70 #B7E95B #5BE9D4

square

#8D5BE9 #E95B70 #B7E95B #5BE9D4

split-complementary

#8D5BE9 #E9D45B #70E95B

monochromatic

#4E18B2 #6725E2 #8D5BE9 #B391F0 #D8C7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#8D5BE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#8D5BE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D5BE9

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5BE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D5BE9	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0777E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767B9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5be9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 91, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.205 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48cf1',
    500: '#8d5be9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5be9;
$custom-light: #b48cf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5be9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.127,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59685,
    "c": 0.20506,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5BE9

secondary

#D7E9B7

accent

#D90D91

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5BE9

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

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