#8D5EE7#8D5EE7

#8D5EE7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.199 H 295.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5EE7
RGB	rgb(141, 94, 231)
HSL	hsl(261, 74%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(261, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 59.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.19, 48.54, -62.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.19, 79.48, 307.64°)
OKLab	oklab(59.99% 0.0859 -0.1791)
OKLCH	oklch(59.99% 0.199 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4073, 19.4371, 77.7882)
Luminance	0.1944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5EE7 #B8E75E

analogous

#5E73E7 #8D5EE7 #D15EE7

triadic

#8D5EE7 #E78D5E #5EE78D

tetradic

#8D5EE7 #E75E73 #B8E75E #5EE7D1

square

#8D5EE7 #E75E73 #B8E75E #5EE7D1

split-complementary

#8D5EE7 #E7D15E #73E75E

monochromatic

#4E1AB0 #6729DF #8D5EE7 #B393EF #D8C9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#8D5EE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#8D5EE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D5EE7

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5EE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D5EE7	1.00	4.30	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D78E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#777C9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5ee7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 94, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.199 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48def',
    500: '#8d5ee7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5ee7;
$custom-light: #b48def;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5ee7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.584,
    "s": 74.054,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59989,
    "c": 0.19861,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5EE7

secondary

#D8E9B8

accent

#D60F92

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5EE7

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

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