#8D5CDE#8D5CDE

#8D5CDE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.191 H 297.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5CDE
RGB	rgb(141, 92, 222)
HSL	hsl(263, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(263, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 58.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.20, 47.30, -59.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.20, 75.97, 308.50°)
OKLab	oklab(59.08% 0.0884 -0.1688)
OKLCH	oklch(59.08% 0.191 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.9931, 18.5905, 71.2066)
Luminance	0.1859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5CDE #ADDE5C

analogous

#5C6CDE #8D5CDE #CE5CDE

triadic

#8D5CDE #DE8D5C #5CDE8D

tetradic

#8D5CDE #DE5C6C #ADDE5C #5CDECE

square

#8D5CDE #DE5C6C #ADDE5C #5CDECE

split-complementary

#8D5CDE #DECE5C #6CDE5C

monochromatic

#50209F #6A2BD2 #8D5CDE #B18FE8 #D4C2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#8D5CDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#8D5CDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D5CDE

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5CDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D5CDE	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C78E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A76DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A7894

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5cde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 92, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.191 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38ce9',
    500: '#8d5cde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5cde;
$custom-light: #b38ce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5cde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.615,
    "s": 66.327,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59081,
    "c": 0.19061,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5CDE

secondary

#D1E3B3

accent

#CE1789

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5CDE

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

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