#8D5EF4#8D5EF4

#8D5EF4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.214 H 293.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5EF4
RGB	rgb(141, 94, 244)
HSL	hsl(259, 87%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(259, 61%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 61.5%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.06, 51.96, -68.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.06, 86.23, 307.05°)
OKLab	oklab(60.9% 0.0852 -0.1964)
OKLCH	oklch(60.9% 0.214 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.3119, 20.1989, 87.8194)
Luminance	0.2020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5EF4 #C5F45E

analogous

#5E7AF4 #8D5EF4 #D85EF4

triadic

#8D5EF4 #F48D5E #5EF48D

tetradic

#8D5EF4 #F45E7A #C5F45E #5EF4D8

square

#8D5EF4 #F45E7A #C5F45E #5EF4D8

split-complementary

#8D5EF4 #F4D85E #7AF45E

monochromatic

#490ECA #6425F0 #8D5EF4 #B697F8 #DED1FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#8D5EF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#8D5EF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D5EF4

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5EF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D5EF4	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EF9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0079F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7180A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5ef4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 94, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.214 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b58ef9',
    500: '#8d5ef4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5ef4;
$custom-light: #b58ef9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5ef4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.8,
    "s": 87.209,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60896,
    "c": 0.21407,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5EF4

secondary

#E0EFBE

accent

#E4029D

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5EF4

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

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