#8D5DE3#8D5DE3

#8D5DE3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.195 H 296.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5DE3
RGB	rgb(141, 93, 227)
HSL	hsl(261, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(261, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 59%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.73, 48.05, -61.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.73, 77.99, 308.03°)
OKLab	oklab(59.57% 0.0872 -0.1747)
OKLCH	oklch(59.57% 0.195 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.7604, 19.0370, 74.8174)
Luminance	0.1904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5DE3 #B3E35D

analogous

#5D70E3 #8D5DE3 #D05DE3

triadic

#8D5DE3 #E38D5D #5DE38D

tetradic

#8D5DE3 #E35D70 #B3E35D #5DE3D0

square

#8D5DE3 #E35D70 #B3E35D #5DE3D0

split-complementary

#8D5DE3 #E3D05D #70E35D

monochromatic

#4F1DA8 #6829DA #8D5DE3 #B291EC #D6C5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#8D5DE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#8D5DE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D5DE3

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5DE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D5DE3	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2377E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787A97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5de3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 93, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.195 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38ded',
    500: '#8d5de3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5de3;
$custom-light: #b38ded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5de3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.493,
    "s": 70.526,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59568,
    "c": 0.1952,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5DE3

secondary

#D5E6B6

accent

#D3138E

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5DE3

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

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