#8D5CA9#8D5CA9

#8D5CA9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.126 H 312.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5CA9
RGB	rgb(141, 92, 169)
HSL	hsl(278, 31%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(278, 46%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 45.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.21, 34.40, -33.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.21, 48.12, 315.63°)
OKLab	oklab(55.9% 0.0848 -0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(55.9% 0.126 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.9718, 16.1820, 39.4944)
Luminance	0.1618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5CA9 #78A95C

analogous

#665CA9 #8D5CA9 #A95C9E

triadic

#8D5CA9 #A98D5C #5CA98D

tetradic

#8D5CA9 #A9665C #78A95C #5C9EA9

square

#8D5CA9 #A9665C #78A95C #5C9EA9

split-complementary

#8D5CA9 #9EA95C #5CA966

monochromatic

#4B305B #6C4583 #8D5CA9 #A984BE #C5ACD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#8D5CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#8D5CA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D5CA9

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D5CA9	1.00	4.96	4.24	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C6DAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5971A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A687A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 92, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.126 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08bc3',
    500: '#8d5ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5ca9;
$custom-light: #b08bc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 30.924,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55901,
    "c": 0.12621,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5CA9

secondary

#ACC19F

accent

#C76186

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5F0F8

border

#CFCBD1

text

#110C12

muted

#807D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5CA9

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

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