#8D5EE3#8D5EE3

#8D5EE3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.194 H 296.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5EE3
RGB	rgb(141, 94, 227)
HSL	hsl(261, 70%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(261, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 58.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.94, 47.50, -61.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.94, 77.39, 307.86°)
OKLab	oklab(59.72% 0.086 -0.1737)
OKLCH	oklch(59.72% 0.194 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.8488, 19.2137, 74.8468)
Luminance	0.1921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5EE3 #B4E35E

analogous

#5E71E3 #8D5EE3 #CF5EE3

triadic

#8D5EE3 #E38D5E #5EE38D

tetradic

#8D5EE3 #E35E71 #B4E35E #5EE3CF

square

#8D5EE3 #E35E71 #B4E35E #5EE3CF

split-complementary

#8D5EE3 #E3CF5E #71E35E

monochromatic

#4F1DA9 #682ADA #8D5EE3 #B292EC #D7C6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#8D5EE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#8D5EE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D5EE3

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5EE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D5EE3	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#037AE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2678E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5ee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 94, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.194 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38ded',
    500: '#8d5ee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5ee3;
$custom-light: #b38ded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5ee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.203,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59718,
    "c": 0.19381,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5EE3

secondary

#D5E6B6

accent

#D2138F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5EE3

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

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