#8D5ECE#8D5ECE

#8D5ECE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.168 H 300.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5ECE
RGB	rgb(141, 94, 206)
HSL	hsl(265, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(265, 54%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 54.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.65, 42.14, -51.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.65, 66.34, 309.43°)
OKLab	oklab(58.36% 0.0858 -0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(58.36% 0.168 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.1252, 18.1242, 60.5025)
Luminance	0.1812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5ECE #9FCE5E

analogous

#5E67CE #8D5ECE #C55ECE

triadic

#8D5ECE #CE8D5E #5ECE8D

tetradic

#8D5ECE #CE5E67 #9FCE5E #5ECEC5

square

#8D5ECE #CE5E67 #9FCE5E #5ECEC5

split-complementary

#8D5ECE #CEC55E #67CE5E

monochromatic

#512988 #6D38B7 #8D5ECE #AE8DDC #CFBCEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#8D5ECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#8D5ECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D5ECE

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5ECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D5ECE	1.00	4.54	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3276D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4175CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80748D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5ece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 94, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.168 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28ddd',
    500: '#8d5ece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5ece;
$custom-light: #b28ddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5ece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.179,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58357,
    "c": 0.16827,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5ECE

secondary

#C7DAAE

accent

#DD4BA0

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5ECE

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

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