#8D5BF6#8D5BF6

#8D5BF6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.220 H 293.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5BF6
RGB	rgb(141, 91, 246)
HSL	hsl(259, 90%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(259, 63%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.7%, 63%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.61, 54.07, -70.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.61, 88.98, 307.42°)
OKLab	oklab(60.61% 0.0882 -0.2018)
OKLCH	oklch(60.61% 0.22 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.3556, 19.7978, 89.3402)
Luminance	0.1980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5BF6 #C4F65B

analogous

#5B76F6 #8D5BF6 #DA5BF6

triadic

#8D5BF6 #F68D5B #5BF68D

tetradic

#8D5BF6 #F65B76 #C4F65B #5BF6DA

square

#8D5BF6 #F65B76 #C4F65B #5BF6DA

split-complementary

#8D5BF6 #F6DA5B #76F65B

monochromatic

#490BCB #6521F3 #8D5BF6 #B595F9 #DECFFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#8D5BF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#8D5BF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D5BF6

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5BF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D5BF6	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0078F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#707FA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5bf6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 91, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.220 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b58cfa',
    500: '#8d5bf6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5bf6;
$custom-light: #b58cfa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5bf6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.355,
    "s": 89.595,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60611,
    "c": 0.22026,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5BF6

secondary

#DFF0BD

accent

#E6009B

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5BF6

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

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