#8F5EDD#8F5EDD

#8F5EDD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.187 H 298.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F5EDD
RGB	rgb(143, 94, 221)
HSL	hsl(263, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(263, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 57.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.76, 46.41, -57.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.76, 74.27, 308.68°)
OKLab	oklab(59.52% 0.0887 -0.1645)
OKLCH	oklch(59.52% 0.187 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.3783, 19.0652, 70.5774)
Luminance	0.1907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F5EDD #ACDD5E

analogous

#5E6DDD #8F5EDD #CF5EDD

triadic

#8F5EDD #DD8F5E #5EDD8F

tetradic

#8F5EDD #DD5E6D #ACDD5E #5EDDCF

square

#8F5EDD #DD5E6D #ACDD5E #5EDDCF

split-complementary

#8F5EDD #DDCF5E #6DDD5E

monochromatic

#52229F #6C2CD2 #8F5EDD #B291E8 #D5C3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#8F5EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#8F5EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8F5EDD

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F5EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8F5EDD	1.00	4.36	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C79E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3278DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E7895

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f5edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 94, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.187 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48de8',
    500: '#8f5edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f5edd;
$custom-light: #b48de8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f5edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.15,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59518,
    "c": 0.18682,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F5EDD

secondary

#D1E3B4

accent

#CD1987

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F5EDD

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

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