#8D5EA3#8D5EA3

#8D5EA3 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.115 H 314.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5EA3
RGB	rgb(141, 94, 163)
HSL	hsl(281, 27%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(281, 42%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.5%, 42.3%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.38, 31.91, -29.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.38, 43.69, 316.91°)
OKLab	oklab(55.94% 0.0808 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(55.94% 0.115 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.5970, 16.3130, 36.6542)
Luminance	0.1631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5EA3 #74A35E

analogous

#6A5EA3 #8D5EA3 #A35E96

triadic

#8D5EA3 #A38D5E #5EA38D

tetradic

#8D5EA3 #A36A5E #74A35E #5E96A3

square

#8D5EA3 #A36A5E #74A35E #5E96A3

split-complementary

#8D5EA3 #96A35E #5EA36A

monochromatic

#4A3156 #6C477D #8D5EA3 #A985B9 #C4ACD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#8D5EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#8D5EA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D5EA3

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D5EA3	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)

#526EA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D72A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C6879

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 94, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.115 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8cbe',
    500: '#8d5ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5ea3;
$custom-light: #af8cbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.87,
    "s": 27.273,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55935,
    "c": 0.11545,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5EA3

secondary

#A9BE9F

accent

#C46483

background

#FAF8FB

surface

#F5F0F7

border

#CFCBD0

text

#100C12

muted

#7F7D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5EA3

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

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