#8D74E8#8D74E8

#8D74E8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.169 H 290.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D74E8
RGB	rgb(141, 116, 232)
HSL	hsl(253, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(253, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 50%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.07, 36.45, -55.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.07, 66.54, 303.21°)
OKLab	oklab(63.61% 0.0597 -0.1577)
OKLCH	oklch(63.61% 0.169 290.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7914, 23.9788, 79.2816)
Luminance	0.2398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D74E8 #CFE874

analogous

#7495E8 #8D74E8 #C774E8

triadic

#8D74E8 #E88D74 #74E88D

tetradic

#8D74E8 #E87495 #CFE874 #74E8C7

square

#8D74E8 #E87495 #CFE874 #74E8C7

split-complementary

#8D74E8 #E8C774 #95E874

monochromatic

#4320C2 #623FDF #8D74E8 #B8A9F1 #E3DDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#8D74E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#8D74E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D74E8

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D74E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D74E8	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4588EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4884E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#758CA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d74e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 116, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.169 290.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b39cf0',
    500: '#8d74e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d74e8;
$custom-light: #b39cf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d74e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.931,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6361,
    "c": 0.16865,
    "h": 290.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D74E8

secondary

#E6EDCA

accent

#D412AA

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D74E8

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

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