#8D5DE9#8D5DE9

#8D5DE9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.202 H 295.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5DE9
RGB	rgb(141, 93, 233)
HSL	hsl(261, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(261, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 60.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.12, 49.61, -64.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.12, 81.12, 307.70°)
OKLab	oklab(59.98% 0.0869 -0.1827)
OKLCH	oklch(59.98% 0.202 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.6030, 19.3740, 79.2549)
Luminance	0.1938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5DE9 #B9E95D

analogous

#5D73E9 #8D5DE9 #D35DE9

triadic

#8D5DE9 #E98D5D #5DE98D

tetradic

#8D5DE9 #E95D73 #B9E95D #5DE9D3

square

#8D5DE9 #E95D73 #B9E95D #5DE9D3

split-complementary

#8D5DE9 #E9D35D #73E95D

monochromatic

#4D18B3 #6727E2 #8D5DE9 #B393F0 #D9C9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#8D5DE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#8D5DE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D5DE9

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5DE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D5DE9	1.00	4.31	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1378E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767C9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5de9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 93, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.202 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48df1',
    500: '#8d5de9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5de9;
$custom-light: #b48df1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5de9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.571,
    "s": 76.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59978,
    "c": 0.20237,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5DE9

secondary

#D9E9B8

accent

#D80D93

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5DE9

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

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