#8D5DCE#8D5DCE

#8D5DCE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.170 H 300.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5DCE
RGB	rgb(141, 93, 206)
HSL	hsl(265, 54%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(265, 55%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 54.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.43, 42.69, -51.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.43, 66.96, 309.61°)
OKLab	oklab(58.2% 0.0871 -0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(58.2% 0.17 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.0368, 17.9475, 60.4731)
Luminance	0.1795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5DCE #9ECE5D

analogous

#5D65CE #8D5DCE #C65DCE

triadic

#8D5DCE #CE8D5D #5DCE8D

tetradic

#8D5DCE #CE5D65 #9ECE5D #5DCEC6

square

#8D5DCE #CE5D65 #9ECE5D #5DCEC6

split-complementary

#8D5DCE #CEC65D #65CE5D

monochromatic

#512988 #6D37B7 #8D5DCE #AE8CDC #CFBBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#8D5DCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#8D5DCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D5DCE

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5DCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D5DCE	1.00	4.58	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3075D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4075CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80738D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5dce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 93, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.170 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28cdd',
    500: '#8d5dce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5dce;
$custom-light: #b28cdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5dce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.487,
    "s": 53.555,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58199,
    "c": 0.16979,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5DCE

secondary

#C7DAAD

accent

#DD4B9F

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5DCE

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

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