#8B5ABE#8B5ABE

#8B5ABE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.154 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5ABE
RGB	rgb(139, 90, 190)
HSL	hsl(269, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 52.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.65, 39.90, -45.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.65, 60.31, 311.42°)
OKLab	oklab(56.53% 0.0876 -0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(56.53% 0.154 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.5959, 16.5191, 50.6506)
Luminance	0.1652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5ABE #8DBE5A

analogous

#5A5BBE #8B5ABE #BD5ABE

triadic

#8B5ABE #BE8B5A #5ABE8B

tetradic

#8B5ABE #BE5A5B #8DBE5A #5ABEBD

square

#8B5ABE #BE5A5B #8DBE5A #5ABEBD

split-complementary

#8B5ABE #BEBD5A #5BBE5A

monochromatic

#4E2D71 #6C3E9D #8B5ABE #AA86CF #C9B2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#8B5ABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#8B5ABE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5ABE

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5ABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5ABE	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3970C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4871BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#826C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5abe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 90, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.154 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8ad2',
    500: '#8b5abe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5abe;
$custom-light: #af8ad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5abe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.4,
    "s": 43.478,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56534,
    "c": 0.15445,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5ABE

secondary

#BACFA5

accent

#D35595

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#110C14

muted

#807D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5ABE

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

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