#8D5EE9#8D5EE9

#8D5EE9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.201 H 295.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5EE9
RGB	rgb(141, 94, 233)
HSL	hsl(260, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(260, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 59.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.33, 49.07, -63.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.33, 80.53, 307.54°)
OKLab	oklab(60.13% 0.0858 -0.1818)
OKLCH	oklch(60.13% 0.201 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.6913, 19.5507, 79.2843)
Luminance	0.1955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5EE9 #BAE95E

analogous

#5E75E9 #8D5EE9 #D35EE9

triadic

#8D5EE9 #E98D5E #5EE98D

tetradic

#8D5EE9 #E95E75 #BAE95E #5EE9D3

square

#8D5EE9 #E95E75 #BAE95E #5EE9D3

split-complementary

#8D5EE9 #E9D35E #75E95E

monochromatic

#4D19B4 #6728E2 #8D5EE9 #B394F0 #D9CAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#8D5EE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#8D5EE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D5EE9

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5EE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D5EE9	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1778E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767D9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5ee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 94, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.201 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48ef1',
    500: '#8d5ee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5ee9;
$custom-light: #b48ef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5ee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.288,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60126,
    "c": 0.20101,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5EE9

secondary

#D9EAB9

accent

#D80D94

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5EE9

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

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