#8D5CE4#8D5CE4

#8D5CE4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.198 H 296.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5CE4
RGB	rgb(141, 92, 228)
HSL	hsl(262, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(262, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.2%, 59.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.59, 48.85, -62.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.59, 79.11, 308.13°)
OKLab	oklab(59.49% 0.0883 -0.177)
OKLCH	oklch(59.49% 0.198 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.8116, 18.9179, 75.5173)
Luminance	0.1892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5CE4 #B3E45C

analogous

#5C6FE4 #8D5CE4 #D15CE4

triadic

#8D5CE4 #E48D5C #5CE48D

tetradic

#8D5CE4 #E45C6F #B3E45C #5CE4D1

square

#8D5CE4 #E45C6F #B3E45C #5CE4D1

split-complementary

#8D5CE4 #E4D15C #6FE45C

monochromatic

#4F1CAA #6827DB #8D5CE4 #B291ED #D6C5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#8D5CE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#8D5CE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D5CE4

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5CE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D5CE4	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E77E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787A97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5ce4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 92, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.198 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48ced',
    500: '#8d5ce4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5ce4;
$custom-light: #b48ced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5ce4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.618,
    "s": 71.579,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59486,
    "c": 0.19778,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5CE4

secondary

#D5E7B5

accent

#D4128E

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5CE4

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

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