#8D5CE3#8D5CE3

#8D5CE3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.197 H 296.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5CE3
RGB	rgb(141, 92, 227)
HSL	hsl(262, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(262, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 59.5%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.53, 48.59, -61.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.53, 78.58, 308.19°)
OKLab	oklab(59.42% 0.0883 -0.1756)
OKLCH	oklch(59.42% 0.197 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.6732, 18.8626, 74.7883)
Luminance	0.1886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5CE3 #B2E35C

analogous

#5C6EE3 #8D5CE3 #D15CE3

triadic

#8D5CE3 #E38D5C #5CE38D

tetradic

#8D5CE3 #E35C6E #B2E35C #5CE3D1

square

#8D5CE3 #E35C6E #B2E35C #5CE3D1

split-complementary

#8D5CE3 #E3D15C #6EE35C

monochromatic

#4F1DA8 #6828DA #8D5CE3 #B290EC #D6C4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#8D5CE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#8D5CE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D5CE3

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5CE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D5CE3	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2177E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787997

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5ce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 92, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.197 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38ced',
    500: '#8d5ce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5ce3;
$custom-light: #b38ced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5ce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.778,
    "s": 70.681,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59418,
    "c": 0.19659,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5CE3

secondary

#D4E6B5

accent

#D3138D

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5CE3

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

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