#8D5EC1#8D5EC1

#8D5EC1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.152 H 303.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5EC1
RGB	rgb(141, 94, 193)
HSL	hsl(268, 44%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(268, 51%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 51.3%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.91, 38.92, -44.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.91, 59.45, 310.89°)
OKLab	oklab(57.57% 0.085 -0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(57.57% 0.152 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.6107, 17.5185, 52.5266)
Luminance	0.1752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5EC1 #92C15E

analogous

#5E61C1 #8D5EC1 #BF5EC1

triadic

#8D5EC1 #C18D5E #5EC18D

tetradic

#8D5EC1 #C15E61 #92C15E #5EC1BF

square

#8D5EC1 #C15E61 #92C15E #5EC1BF

split-complementary

#8D5EC1 #C1BF5E #61C15E

monochromatic

#502E77 #6E3FA3 #8D5EC1 #AC8AD2 #CCB6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#8D5EC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#8D5EC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D5EC1

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5EC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D5EC1	1.00	4.66	4.50	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F73C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C74BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#847087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5ec1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 94, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.152 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18dd4',
    500: '#8d5ec1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5ec1;
$custom-light: #b18dd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5ec1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.485,
    "s": 44.395,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5757,
    "c": 0.15225,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5EC1

secondary

#BED2A9

accent

#D45497

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#110C14

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5EC1

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

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