#8B5AB2#8B5AB2

#8B5AB2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.140 H 308.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5AB2
RGB	rgb(139, 90, 178)
HSL	hsl(273, 36%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(273, 49%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 49.4%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.00, 37.03, -39.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.00, 53.98, 313.31°)
OKLab	oklab(55.84% 0.0865 -0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(55.84% 0.14 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.3379, 16.0159, 44.0255)
Luminance	0.1602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5AB2 #81B25A

analogous

#5F5AB2 #8B5AB2 #B25AAD

triadic

#8B5AB2 #B28B5A #5AB28B

tetradic

#8B5AB2 #B25F5A #81B25A #5AADB2

square

#8B5AB2 #B25F5A #81B25A #5AADB2

split-complementary

#8B5AB2 #ADB25A #5AB25F

monochromatic

#4C2E63 #6C428D #8B5AB2 #A884C5 #C6ADD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#8B5AB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#8B5AB2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5AB2

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5AB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5AB2	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#436DB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5170B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86697E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5ab2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 90, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.140 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8ac9',
    500: '#8b5ab2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5ab2;
$custom-light: #af8ac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5ab2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.409,
    "s": 36.364,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55837,
    "c": 0.13979,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5AB2

secondary

#B2C7A1

accent

#CC5B8D

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5F0F8

border

#CFCBD1

text

#110C13

muted

#807D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5AB2

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

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