#8D5CEE#8D5CEE

#8D5CEE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.210 H 294.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5CEE
RGB	rgb(141, 92, 238)
HSL	hsl(260, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(260, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 61.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.25, 51.45, -66.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.25, 84.29, 307.61°)
OKLab	oklab(60.18% 0.0878 -0.1904)
OKLCH	oklch(60.18% 0.21 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2402, 19.4894, 83.0409)
Luminance	0.1949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5CEE #BDEE5C

analogous

#5C74EE #8D5CEE #D65CEE

triadic

#8D5CEE #EE8D5C #5CEE8D

tetradic

#8D5CEE #EE5C74 #BDEE5C #5CEED6

square

#8D5CEE #EE5C74 #BDEE5C #5CEED6

split-complementary

#8D5CEE #EED65C #74EE5C

monochromatic

#4C14BC #6625E8 #8D5CEE #B493F4 #DBCBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#8D5CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#8D5CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D5CEE

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D5CEE	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0078EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#747D9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 92, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.210 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48cf4',
    500: '#8d5cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5cee;
$custom-light: #b48cf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.137,
    "s": 81.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60181,
    "c": 0.20961,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5CEE

secondary

#DBECBA

accent

#DD0896

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5CEE

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

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