#8D5CE5#8D5CE5

#8D5CE5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.199 H 296.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5CE5
RGB	rgb(141, 92, 229)
HSL	hsl(261, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(261, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 59.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.66, 49.11, -62.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.66, 79.63, 308.08°)
OKLab	oklab(59.56% 0.0882 -0.1783)
OKLCH	oklch(59.56% 0.199 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.9509, 18.9736, 76.2505)
Luminance	0.1897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5CE5 #B4E55C

analogous

#5C6FE5 #8D5CE5 #D25CE5

triadic

#8D5CE5 #E58D5C #5CE58D

tetradic

#8D5CE5 #E55C6F #B4E55C #5CE5D2

square

#8D5CE5 #E55C6F #B4E55C #5CE5D2

split-complementary

#8D5CE5 #E5D25C #6FE55C

monochromatic

#4F1BAB #6827DD #8D5CE5 #B291ED #D7C6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#8D5CE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#8D5CE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D5CE5

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5CE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D5CE5	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C77E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#777A98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5ce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 92, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.199 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48cee',
    500: '#8d5ce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5ce5;
$custom-light: #b48cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5ce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.46,
    "s": 72.487,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59555,
    "c": 0.19896,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5CE5

secondary

#D5E7B6

accent

#D5118F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5CE5

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

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