#8D5DD9#8D5DD9

#8D5DD9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.183 H 298.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5DD9
RGB	rgb(141, 93, 217)
HSL	hsl(263, 62%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(263, 57%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 57.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.10, 45.47, -56.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.10, 72.75, 308.69°)
OKLab	oklab(58.9% 0.0873 -0.161)
OKLCH	oklch(58.9% 0.183 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.4201, 18.5009, 67.7586)
Luminance	0.1850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5DD9 #A9D95D

analogous

#5D6BD9 #8D5DD9 #CB5DD9

triadic

#8D5DD9 #D98D5D #5DD98D

tetradic

#8D5DD9 #D95D6B #A9D95D #5DD9CB

square

#8D5DD9 #D95D6B #A9D95D #5DD9CB

split-complementary

#8D5DD9 #D9CB5D #6BD95D

monochromatic

#512498 #6B2FCA #8D5DD9 #B08FE5 #D3C0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#8D5DD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#8D5DD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D5DD9

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5DD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D5DD9	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F77DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3476D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C7792

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5dd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 93, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.183 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38de5',
    500: '#8d5dd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5dd9;
$custom-light: #b38de5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5dd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.226,
    "s": 62,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58902,
    "c": 0.18316,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5DD9

secondary

#CEE0B1

accent

#CA1C86

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5DD9

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

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