#8D5EEF#8D5EEF

#8D5EEF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.208 H 294.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5EEF
RGB	rgb(141, 94, 239)
HSL	hsl(259, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(259, 61%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 60.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.72, 50.64, -66.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.72, 83.64, 307.26°)
OKLab	oklab(60.54% 0.0855 -0.1898)
OKLCH	oklch(60.54% 0.208 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.5630, 19.8994, 83.8753)
Luminance	0.1990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5EEF #C0EF5E

analogous

#5E78EF #8D5EEF #D55EEF

triadic

#8D5EEF #EF8D5E #5EEF8D

tetradic

#8D5EEF #EF5E78 #C0EF5E #5EEFD5

square

#8D5EEF #EF5E78 #C0EF5E #5EEFD5

split-complementary

#8D5EEF #EFD55E #78EF5E

monochromatic

#4B13C0 #6626E9 #8D5EEF #B496F5 #DCCDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#8D5EEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#8D5EEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D5EEF

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5EEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D5EEF	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0079EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#737F9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5eef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 94, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.208 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48ef5',
    500: '#8d5eef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5eef;
$custom-light: #b48ef5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5eef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.448,
    "s": 81.921,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60543,
    "c": 0.20815,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5EEF

secondary

#DDEDBC

accent

#DE0799

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5EEF

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

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