#8D5EEE#8D5EEE

#8D5EEE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.207 H 294.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5EEE
RGB	rgb(141, 94, 238)
HSL	hsl(260, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(260, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 60.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.66, 50.38, -66.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.66, 83.13, 307.30°)
OKLab	oklab(60.47% 0.0856 -0.1885)
OKLCH	oklch(60.47% 0.207 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.4157, 19.8404, 83.0994)
Luminance	0.1984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5EEE #BFEE5E

analogous

#5E77EE #8D5EEE #D55EEE

triadic

#8D5EEE #EE8D5E #5EEE8D

tetradic

#8D5EEE #EE5E77 #BFEE5E #5EEED5

square

#8D5EEE #EE5E77 #BFEE5E #5EEED5

split-complementary

#8D5EEE #EED55E #77EE5E

monochromatic

#4B14BE #6627E8 #8D5EEE #B495F4 #DBCDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#8D5EEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#8D5EEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D5EEE

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5EEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D5EEE	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0079EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#737E9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5eee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 94, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.207 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48ef4',
    500: '#8d5eee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5eee;
$custom-light: #b48ef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5eee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.583,
    "s": 80.899,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60473,
    "c": 0.20697,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5EEE

secondary

#DCECBB

accent

#DD0898

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5EEE

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

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