#8D5CB2#8D5CB2

#8D5CB2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.137 H 308.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5CB2
RGB	rgb(141, 92, 178)
HSL	hsl(274, 36%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(274, 48%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 48.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.66, 36.47, -38.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.66, 52.82, 313.66°)
OKLab	oklab(56.39% 0.0862 -0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(56.39% 0.137 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.8460, 16.5317, 44.0983)
Luminance	0.1653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5CB2 #81B25C

analogous

#625CB2 #8D5CB2 #B25CAC

triadic

#8D5CB2 #B28D5C #5CB28D

tetradic

#8D5CB2 #B2625C #81B25C #5CACB2

square

#8D5CB2 #B2625C #81B25C #5CACB2

split-complementary

#8D5CB2 #ACB25C #5CB262

monochromatic

#4D2F64 #6E438E #8D5CB2 #AA86C6 #C7AFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#8D5CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#8D5CB2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D5CB2

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D5CB2	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#466FB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5472B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#886A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 92, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.137 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08bc9',
    500: '#8d5cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5cb2;
$custom-light: #b08bc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.186,
    "s": 35.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56386,
    "c": 0.13712,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5CB2

secondary

#B2C7A2

accent

#CC5C8C

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F8

border

#D0CBD1

text

#110C13

muted

#807D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5CB2

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

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