#8D5EA2#8D5EA2

#8D5EA2 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.114 H 314.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5EA2
RGB	rgb(141, 94, 162)
HSL	hsl(281, 27%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(281, 42%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 42%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.34, 31.69, -29.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.34, 43.18, 317.21°)
OKLab	oklab(55.89% 0.0806 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(55.89% 0.114 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.5078, 16.2773, 36.1842)
Luminance	0.1628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5EA2 #73A25E

analogous

#6B5EA2 #8D5EA2 #A25E95

triadic

#8D5EA2 #A28D5E #5EA28D

tetradic

#8D5EA2 #A26B5E #73A25E #5E95A2

square

#8D5EA2 #A26B5E #73A25E #5E95A2

split-complementary

#8D5EA2 #95A25E #5EA26B

monochromatic

#4A3155 #6B477B #8D5EA2 #A885B8 #C4ACCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#8D5EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#8D5EA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D5EA2

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D5EA2	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#526DA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E72A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C6778

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 94, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.114 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8cbe',
    500: '#8d5ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5ea2;
$custom-light: #af8cbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.471,
    "s": 26.772,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55885,
    "c": 0.11425,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5EA2

secondary

#A8BD9F

accent

#C36582

background

#FAF8FB

surface

#F5F0F6

border

#CFCBD0

text

#100C12

muted

#7F7D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5EA2

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

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