#8D5EA5#8D5EA5

#8D5EA5 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.118 H 313.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5EA5
RGB	rgb(141, 94, 165)
HSL	hsl(280, 28%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(280, 43%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 43%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.48, 32.35, -30.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.48, 44.73, 316.33°)
OKLab	oklab(56.04% 0.0811 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(56.04% 0.118 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.7776, 16.3852, 37.6055)
Luminance	0.1638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5EA5 #76A55E

analogous

#695EA5 #8D5EA5 #A55E99

triadic

#8D5EA5 #A58D5E #5EA58D

tetradic

#8D5EA5 #A5695E #76A55E #5E99A5

square

#8D5EA5 #A5695E #76A55E #5E99A5

split-complementary

#8D5EA5 #99A55E #5EA569

monochromatic

#4B3158 #6C477F #8D5EA5 #A985BB #C5ADD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#8D5EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#8D5EA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D5EA5

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D5EA5	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#516EA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D72A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B687A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 94, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.118 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8cc0',
    500: '#8d5ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5ea5;
$custom-light: #af8cc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.718,
    "s": 28.287,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56036,
    "c": 0.11786,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5EA5

secondary

#AABFA0

accent

#C56384

background

#FAF8FB

surface

#F5F0F7

border

#CFCBD0

text

#100C12

muted

#7F7D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5EA5

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

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