#8D5DDD#8D5DDD

#8D5DDD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.188 H 297.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5DDD
RGB	rgb(141, 93, 221)
HSL	hsl(263, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(263, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 57.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.35, 46.50, -58.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.35, 74.85, 308.40°)
OKLab	oklab(59.17% 0.0873 -0.1665)
OKLCH	oklch(59.17% 0.188 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.9467, 18.7115, 70.5319)
Luminance	0.1871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5DDD #ADDD5D

analogous

#5D6DDD #8D5DDD #CD5DDD

triadic

#8D5DDD #DD8D5D #5DDD8D

tetradic

#8D5DDD #DD5D6D #ADDD5D #5DDDCD

square

#8D5DDD #DD5D6D #ADDD5D #5DDDCD

split-complementary

#8D5DDD #DDCD5D #6DDD5D

monochromatic

#50219E #6A2CD1 #8D5DDD #B190E8 #D4C2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#8D5DDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#8D5DDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D5DDD

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5DDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D5DDD	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1578E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E76DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B7894

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5ddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 93, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.188 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38de8',
    500: '#8d5ddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5ddd;
$custom-light: #b38de8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5ddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59165,
    "c": 0.18799,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5DDD

secondary

#D1E3B3

accent

#CD1889

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5DDD

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

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