#8D5ED4#8D5ED4

#8D5ED4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.176 H 299.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5ED4
RGB	rgb(141, 94, 212)
HSL	hsl(264, 58%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(264, 56%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 55.7%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.00, 43.65, -54.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.00, 69.51, 308.90°)
OKLab	oklab(58.73% 0.086 -0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(58.73% 0.176 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.8680, 18.4214, 64.4147)
Luminance	0.1842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5ED4 #A5D45E

analogous

#5E6AD4 #8D5ED4 #C85ED4

triadic

#8D5ED4 #D48D5E #5ED48D

tetradic

#8D5ED4 #D45E6A #A5D45E #5ED4C8

square

#8D5ED4 #D45E6A #A5D45E #5ED4C8

split-complementary

#8D5ED4 #D4C85E #6AD45E

monochromatic

#512791 #6C34C1 #8D5ED4 #AF8EE1 #D1BFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#8D5ED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#8D5ED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D5ED4

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5ED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D5ED4	1.00	4.48	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A77D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B76D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E7690

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5ed4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 94, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.176 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28de2',
    500: '#8d5ed4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5ed4;
$custom-light: #b28de2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5ed4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.898,
    "s": 57.843,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58734,
    "c": 0.17562,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5ED4

secondary

#CCDEB0

accent

#E147A4

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5ED4

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

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