#8D5EC5#8D5EC5

#8D5EC5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.157 H 302.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5EC5
RGB	rgb(141, 94, 197)
HSL	hsl(267, 47%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(267, 52%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 52.3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.13, 39.90, -46.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.13, 61.57, 310.39°)
OKLab	oklab(57.81% 0.0853 -0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(57.81% 0.157 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.0630, 17.6994, 54.9084)
Luminance	0.1770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5EC5 #96C55E

analogous

#5E62C5 #8D5EC5 #C15EC5

triadic

#8D5EC5 #C58D5E #5EC58D

tetradic

#8D5EC5 #C55E62 #96C55E #5EC5C1

square

#8D5EC5 #C55E62 #96C55E #5EC5C1

split-complementary

#8D5EC5 #C5C15E #62C55E

monochromatic

#512D7C #6E3DA9 #8D5EC5 #AD8BD5 #CDB8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#8D5EC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#8D5EC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D5EC5

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5EC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D5EC5	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B74C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4975C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#837189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5ec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 94, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.157 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18dd7',
    500: '#8d5ec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5ec5;
$custom-light: #b18dd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5ec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.379,
    "s": 47.032,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57807,
    "c": 0.15719,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5EC5

secondary

#C1D4AA

accent

#D7519A

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#110C14

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5EC5

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

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