#8D5EC8#8D5EC8

#8D5EC8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.161 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5EC8
RGB	rgb(141, 94, 200)
HSL	hsl(267, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(267, 53%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.5%, 53%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.30, 40.64, -48.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.30, 63.16, 310.04°)
OKLab	oklab(57.99% 0.0855 -0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(57.99% 0.161 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.4102, 17.8382, 56.7368)
Luminance	0.1784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5EC8 #99C85E

analogous

#5E64C8 #8D5EC8 #C25EC8

triadic

#8D5EC8 #C88D5E #5EC88D

tetradic

#8D5EC8 #C85E64 #99C85E #5EC8C2

square

#8D5EC8 #C85E64 #99C85E #5EC8C2

split-complementary

#8D5EC8 #C8C25E #64C85E

monochromatic

#512C80 #6E3BAE #8D5EC8 #AD8CD8 #CEB9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#8D5EC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#8D5EC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D5EC8

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5EC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D5EC8	1.00	4.60	4.57	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3874CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4775C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82728A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5ec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 94, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.161 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18dd9',
    500: '#8d5ec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5ec8;
$custom-light: #b18dd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5ec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.604,
    "s": 49.074,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57988,
    "c": 0.16089,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5EC8

secondary

#C3D6AC

accent

#D94F9C

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5EC8

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

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