#8D5EDD#8D5EDD

#8D5EDD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.187 H 297.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5EDD
RGB	rgb(141, 94, 221)
HSL	hsl(262, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(262, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 57.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.56, 45.95, -58.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.56, 74.25, 308.23°)
OKLab	oklab(59.32% 0.0861 -0.1655)
OKLCH	oklch(59.32% 0.187 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.0351, 18.8882, 70.5613)
Luminance	0.1889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5EDD #AEDD5E

analogous

#5E6FDD #8D5EDD #CD5EDD

triadic

#8D5EDD #DD8D5E #5EDD8D

tetradic

#8D5EDD #DD5E6F #AEDD5E #5EDDCD

square

#8D5EDD #DD5E6F #AEDD5E #5EDDCD

split-complementary

#8D5EDD #DDCD5E #6FDD5E

monochromatic

#50229F #692CD2 #8D5EDD #B191E8 #D5C3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#8D5EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#8D5EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D5EDD

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D5EDD	1.00	4.40	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A79E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3077DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B7995

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 94, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.187 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38de8',
    500: '#8d5edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5edd;
$custom-light: #b38de8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.205,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59318,
    "c": 0.18657,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5EDD

secondary

#D2E3B4

accent

#CD198A

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5EDD

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

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