#8D5DE7#8D5DE7

#8D5DE7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.200 H 295.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5DE7
RGB	rgb(141, 93, 231)
HSL	hsl(261, 74%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(261, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 59.7%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.99, 49.08, -63.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.99, 80.08, 307.80°)
OKLab	oklab(59.84% 0.087 -0.1801)
OKLCH	oklch(59.84% 0.2 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.3189, 19.2604, 77.7587)
Luminance	0.1926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5DE7 #B7E75D

analogous

#5D72E7 #8D5DE7 #D25DE7

triadic

#8D5DE7 #E78D5D #5DE78D

tetradic

#8D5DE7 #E75D72 #B7E75D #5DE7D2

square

#8D5DE7 #E75D72 #B7E75D #5DE7D2

split-complementary

#8D5DE7 #E7D25D #72E75D

monochromatic

#4E1AB0 #6728DF #8D5DE7 #B392EF #D8C8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#8D5DE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#8D5DE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D5DE7

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5DE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D5DE7	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1977E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#777B99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5de7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 93, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.200 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48def',
    500: '#8d5de7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5de7;
$custom-light: #b48def;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5de7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.87,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5984,
    "c": 0.19998,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5DE7

secondary

#D7E8B7

accent

#D60F91

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5DE7

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

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