#8B5AC8#8B5AC8

#8B5AC8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.167 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5AC8
RGB	rgb(139, 90, 200)
HSL	hsl(267, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(267, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 55%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.22, 42.36, -50.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.22, 65.60, 310.22°)
OKLab	oklab(57.15% 0.0882 -0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(57.15% 0.167 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.7266, 16.9714, 56.6055)
Luminance	0.1697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5AC8 #97C85A

analogous

#5A60C8 #8B5AC8 #C25AC8

triadic

#8B5AC8 #C88B5A #5AC88B

tetradic

#8B5AC8 #C85A60 #97C85A #5AC8C2

square

#8B5AC8 #C85A60 #97C85A #5AC8C2

split-complementary

#8B5AC8 #C8C25A #60C85A

monochromatic

#4F2A7E #6C39AC #8B5AC8 #AB88D7 #CCB6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#8B5AC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#8B5AC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5AC8

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5AC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5AC8	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F72CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4072C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5ac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 90, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.167 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08ad9',
    500: '#8b5ac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5ac8;
$custom-light: #b08ad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5ac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.727,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57145,
    "c": 0.16664,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5AC8

secondary

#C1D5A8

accent

#DA4E9B

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5AC8

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

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