#8D5CD5#8D5CD5

#8D5CD5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.180 H 299.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5CD5
RGB	rgb(141, 92, 213)
HSL	hsl(264, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(264, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 56.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.64, 45.01, -55.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.64, 71.26, 309.17°)
OKLab	oklab(58.49% 0.0885 -0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(58.49% 0.18 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.8190, 18.1209, 65.0226)
Luminance	0.1812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5CD5 #A4D55C

analogous

#5C67D5 #8D5CD5 #CA5CD5

triadic

#8D5CD5 #D58D5C #5CD58D

tetradic

#8D5CD5 #D55C67 #A4D55C #5CD5CA

square

#8D5CD5 #D55C67 #A4D55C #5CD5CA

split-complementary

#8D5CD5 #D5CA5C #67D55C

monochromatic

#512591 #6C32C2 #8D5CD5 #AF8DE2 #D1BDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#8D5CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#8D5CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D5CD5

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D5CD5	1.00	4.54	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2376D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3775D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E7590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 92, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.180 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28ce3',
    500: '#8d5cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5cd5;
$custom-light: #b28ce3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.298,
    "s": 59.024,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58489,
    "c": 0.17978,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5CD5

secondary

#CBDEAF

accent

#E246A3

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5CD5

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

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