#8D5CE6#8D5CE6

#8D5CE6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.200 H 296.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5CE6
RGB	rgb(141, 92, 230)
HSL	hsl(261, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(261, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 60%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.72, 49.36, -63.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.72, 80.15, 308.02°)
OKLab	oklab(59.62% 0.0882 -0.1797)
OKLCH	oklch(59.62% 0.2 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.0909, 19.0296, 76.9880)
Luminance	0.1903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5CE6 #B5E65C

analogous

#5C70E6 #8D5CE6 #D25CE6

triadic

#8D5CE6 #E68D5C #5CE68D

tetradic

#8D5CE6 #E65C70 #B5E65C #5CE6D2

square

#8D5CE6 #E65C70 #B5E65C #5CE6D2

split-complementary

#8D5CE6 #E6D25C #70E65C

monochromatic

#4F1BAD #6827DE #8D5CE6 #B291EE #D7C6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#8D5CE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#8D5CE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D5CE6

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5CE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D5CE6	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1977E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#777A98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5ce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 92, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.200 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48cef',
    500: '#8d5ce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5ce6;
$custom-light: #b48cef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5ce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.304,
    "s": 73.404,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59623,
    "c": 0.20016,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5CE6

secondary

#D6E8B6

accent

#D6108F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5CE6

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

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