#8D5EE6#8D5EE6

#8D5EE6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.197 H 295.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5EE6
RGB	rgb(141, 94, 230)
HSL	hsl(261, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(261, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 59.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.13, 48.28, -62.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.13, 78.96, 307.70°)
OKLab	oklab(59.92% 0.0859 -0.1777)
OKLCH	oklch(59.92% 0.197 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.2664, 19.3807, 77.0465)
Luminance	0.1938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5EE6 #B7E65E

analogous

#5E73E6 #8D5EE6 #D15EE6

triadic

#8D5EE6 #E68D5E #5EE68D

tetradic

#8D5EE6 #E65E73 #B7E65E #5EE6D1

square

#8D5EE6 #E65E73 #B7E65E #5EE6D1

split-complementary

#8D5EE6 #E6D15E #73E65E

monochromatic

#4E1BAF #6729DE #8D5EE6 #B393EE #D8C8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#8D5EE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#8D5EE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D5EE6

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5EE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D5EE6	1.00	4.31	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F78E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#777C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5ee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 94, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.197 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48def',
    500: '#8d5ee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5ee6;
$custom-light: #b48def;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5ee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.735,
    "s": 73.118,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59921,
    "c": 0.19742,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5EE6

secondary

#D7E8B8

accent

#D51091

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5EE6

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

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