#8D5ED3#8D5ED3

#8D5ED3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.174 H 299.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5ED3
RGB	rgb(141, 94, 211)
HSL	hsl(264, 57%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(264, 55%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 55.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.94, 43.40, -53.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.94, 68.98, 308.98°)
OKLab	oklab(58.67% 0.086 -0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(58.67% 0.174 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.7422, 18.3711, 63.7525)
Luminance	0.1837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5ED3 #A4D35E

analogous

#5E69D3 #8D5ED3 #C85ED3

triadic

#8D5ED3 #D38D5E #5ED38D

tetradic

#8D5ED3 #D35E69 #A4D35E #5ED3C8

square

#8D5ED3 #D35E69 #A4D35E #5ED3C8

split-complementary

#8D5ED3 #D3C85E #69D35E

monochromatic

#51278F #6C34BF #8D5ED3 #AF8EE0 #D1BEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#8D5ED3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#8D5ED3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D5ED3

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5ED3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D5ED3	1.00	4.49	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C77D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C76D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E758F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5ed3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 94, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.174 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28de1',
    500: '#8d5ed3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5ed3;
$custom-light: #b28de1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5ed3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.103,
    "s": 57.073,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58671,
    "c": 0.1744,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5ED3

secondary

#CBDDB0

accent

#E047A3

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5ED3

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

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