#8D5ED2#8D5ED2

#8D5ED2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.173 H 299.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5ED2
RGB	rgb(141, 94, 210)
HSL	hsl(264, 56%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(264, 55%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 55.2%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.88, 43.14, -53.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.88, 68.46, 309.07°)
OKLab	oklab(58.61% 0.086 -0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(58.61% 0.173 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.6173, 18.3211, 63.0943)
Luminance	0.1832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5ED2 #A3D25E

analogous

#5E69D2 #8D5ED2 #C75ED2

triadic

#8D5ED2 #D28D5E #5ED28D

tetradic

#8D5ED2 #D25E69 #A3D25E #5ED2C7

square

#8D5ED2 #D25E69 #A3D25E #5ED2C7

split-complementary

#8D5ED2 #D2C75E #69D25E

monochromatic

#51288E #6C35BE #8D5ED2 #AF8EDF #D1BEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#8D5ED2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#8D5ED2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D5ED2

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5ED2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D5ED2	1.00	4.50	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D76D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D76CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F758F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5ed2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 94, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.173 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28de0',
    500: '#8d5ed2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5ed2;
$custom-light: #b28de0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5ed2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.31,
    "s": 56.311,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58607,
    "c": 0.17317,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5ED2

secondary

#CADCAF

accent

#E048A2

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5ED2

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

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