#8B5ACE#8B5ACE

#8B5ACE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.174 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5ACE
RGB	rgb(139, 90, 206)
HSL	hsl(265, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(265, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 56.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.58, 43.86, -52.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.58, 68.76, 309.63°)
OKLab	oklab(57.52% 0.0883 -0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(57.52% 0.174 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.4416, 17.2574, 60.3712)
Luminance	0.1726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5ACE #9DCE5A

analogous

#5A63CE #8B5ACE #C55ACE

triadic

#8B5ACE #CE8B5A #5ACE8B

tetradic

#8B5ACE #CE5A63 #9DCE5A #5ACEC5

square

#8B5ACE #CE5A63 #9DCE5A #5ACEC5

split-complementary

#8B5ACE #CEC55A #63CE5A

monochromatic

#4F2886 #6C36B5 #8B5ACE #AC89DC #CDB8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#8B5ACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#8B5ACE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5ACE

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5ACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5ACE	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2773D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A73CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D718B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5ace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 90, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.174 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18ade',
    500: '#8b5ace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5ace;
$custom-light: #b18ade;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5ace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.345,
    "s": 54.206,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57524,
    "c": 0.17393,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5ACE

secondary

#C5D9AB

accent

#DE4A9F

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5ACE

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

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