#8D5EDE#8D5EDE

#8D5EDE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.188 H 297.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5EDE
RGB	rgb(141, 94, 222)
HSL	hsl(262, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(262, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 57.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.62, 46.21, -58.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.62, 74.77, 308.17°)
OKLab	oklab(59.38% 0.0861 -0.1669)
OKLCH	oklch(59.38% 0.188 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.1687, 18.9416, 71.2651)
Luminance	0.1894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5EDE #AFDE5E

analogous

#5E6FDE #8D5EDE #CD5EDE

triadic

#8D5EDE #DE8D5E #5EDE8D

tetradic

#8D5EDE #DE5E6F #AFDE5E #5EDECD

square

#8D5EDE #DE5E6F #AFDE5E #5EDECD

split-complementary

#8D5EDE #DECD5E #6FDE5E

monochromatic

#5021A1 #692BD3 #8D5EDE #B191E8 #D5C4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#8D5EDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#8D5EDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D5EDE

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5EDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D5EDE	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1779E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E77DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A7995

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5ede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 94, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.188 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38de9',
    500: '#8d5ede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5ede;
$custom-light: #b38de9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5ede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.031,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59384,
    "c": 0.18778,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5EDE

secondary

#D2E4B4

accent

#CE188B

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5EDE

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

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