#8D5CEA#8D5CEA

#8D5CEA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.205 H 295.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5CEA
RGB	rgb(141, 92, 234)
HSL	hsl(261, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(261, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 60.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.99, 50.40, -64.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.99, 82.22, 307.81°)
OKLab	oklab(59.9% 0.088 -0.185)
OKLCH	oklch(59.9% 0.205 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.6590, 19.2569, 79.9803)
Luminance	0.1926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5CEA #B9EA5C

analogous

#5C72EA #8D5CEA #D45CEA

triadic

#8D5CEA #EA8D5C #5CEA8D

tetradic

#8D5CEA #EA5C72 #B9EA5C #5CEAD4

square

#8D5CEA #EA5C72 #B9EA5C #5CEAD4

split-complementary

#8D5CEA #EAD45C #72EA5C

monochromatic

#4D17B4 #6726E3 #8D5CEA #B392F1 #D9C8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#8D5CEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#8D5CEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D5CEA

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5CEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D5CEA	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0877E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#757C9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5cea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 92, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.205 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48cf2',
    500: '#8d5cea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5cea;
$custom-light: #b48cf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5cea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.704,
    "s": 77.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.599,
    "c": 0.2049,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5CEA

secondary

#D9EAB8

accent

#D90C93

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5CEA

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

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