#8D5EC9#8D5EC9

#8D5EC9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.162 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5EC9
RGB	rgb(141, 94, 201)
HSL	hsl(266, 50%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(266, 53%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 53.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.36, 40.89, -48.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.36, 63.69, 309.94°)
OKLab	oklab(58.05% 0.0856 -0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(58.05% 0.162 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.5274, 17.8851, 57.3543)
Luminance	0.1789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5EC9 #9AC95E

analogous

#5E65C9 #8D5EC9 #C25EC9

triadic

#8D5EC9 #C98D5E #5EC98D

tetradic

#8D5EC9 #C95E65 #9AC95E #5EC9C2

square

#8D5EC9 #C95E65 #9AC95E #5EC9C2

split-complementary

#8D5EC9 #C9C25E #65C95E

monochromatic

#512B81 #6E3BAF #8D5EC9 #AD8CD8 #CEBAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#8D5EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#8D5EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D5EC9

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D5EC9	1.00	4.59	4.58	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3775CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4675C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82728A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 94, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.162 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18dda',
    500: '#8d5ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5ec9;
$custom-light: #b18dda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.355,
    "s": 49.767,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58049,
    "c": 0.16212,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5EC9

secondary

#C4D7AC

accent

#D94F9C

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5EC9

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

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