#8D5CE9#8D5CE9

#8D5CE9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.204 H 295.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5CE9
RGB	rgb(141, 92, 233)
HSL	hsl(261, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(261, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 60.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.92, 50.14, -64.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.92, 81.70, 307.86°)
OKLab	oklab(59.83% 0.088 -0.1837)
OKLCH	oklch(59.83% 0.204 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.5158, 19.1996, 79.2258)
Luminance	0.1920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5CE9 #B8E95C

analogous

#5C71E9 #8D5CE9 #D35CE9

triadic

#8D5CE9 #E98D5C #5CE98D

tetradic

#8D5CE9 #E95C71 #B8E95C #5CE9D3

square

#8D5CE9 #E95C71 #B8E95C #5CE9D3

split-complementary

#8D5CE9 #E9D35C #71E95C

monochromatic

#4E18B3 #6726E2 #8D5CE9 #B392F0 #D8C8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#8D5CE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#8D5CE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D5CE9

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5CE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D5CE9	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D77E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767B9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5ce9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 92, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.204 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48cf1',
    500: '#8d5ce9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5ce9;
$custom-light: #b48cf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5ce9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.851,
    "s": 76.216,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59831,
    "c": 0.20371,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5CE9

secondary

#D8E9B8

accent

#D80D92

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5CE9

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

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