#8D5EED#8D5EED

#8D5EED is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.206 H 294.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5EED
RGB	rgb(141, 94, 237)
HSL	hsl(260, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(260, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 60.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.59, 50.11, -65.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.59, 82.61, 307.35°)
OKLab	oklab(60.4% 0.0856 -0.1871)
OKLCH	oklch(60.4% 0.206 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.2692, 19.7818, 82.3278)
Luminance	0.1978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5EED #BEED5E

analogous

#5E77ED #8D5EED #D45EED

triadic

#8D5EED #ED8D5E #5EED8D

tetradic

#8D5EED #ED5E77 #BEED5E #5EEDD4

square

#8D5EED #ED5E77 #BEED5E #5EEDD4

split-complementary

#8D5EED #EDD45E #77ED5E

monochromatic

#4C15BC #6627E7 #8D5EED #B495F3 #DBCCF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#8D5EED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#8D5EED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D5EED

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5EED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D5EED	1.00	4.24	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0479EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#747E9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5eed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 94, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.206 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48ef4',
    500: '#8d5eed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5eed;
$custom-light: #b48ef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5eed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.72,
    "s": 79.888,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60403,
    "c": 0.20578,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5EED

secondary

#DCECBB

accent

#DC0997

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5EED

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

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