#8D5CA8#8D5CA8

#8D5CA8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.125 H 312.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5CA8
RGB	rgb(141, 92, 168)
HSL	hsl(279, 30%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(279, 45%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 45.2%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.16, 34.17, -33.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.16, 47.60, 315.88°)
OKLab	oklab(55.85% 0.0847 -0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(55.85% 0.125 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.8783, 16.1446, 39.0019)
Luminance	0.1614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5CA8 #77A85C

analogous

#675CA8 #8D5CA8 #A85C9D

triadic

#8D5CA8 #A88D5C #5CA88D

tetradic

#8D5CA8 #A8675C #77A85C #5C9DA8

square

#8D5CA8 #A8675C #77A85C #5C9DA8

split-complementary

#8D5CA8 #9DA85C #5CA867

monochromatic

#4B305A #6C4582 #8D5CA8 #A984BD #C5ACD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#8D5CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#8D5CA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D5CA8

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D5CA8	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C6DAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5971A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B677A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 92, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.125 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08bc2',
    500: '#8d5ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5ca8;
$custom-light: #b08bc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.684,
    "s": 30.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55849,
    "c": 0.12501,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5CA8

secondary

#ABC19F

accent

#C76185

background

#FAF8FB

surface

#F5F0F7

border

#CFCBD0

text

#110C12

muted

#807D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5CA8

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

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