#8B5AE2#8B5AE2

#8B5AE2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.198 H 296.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5AE2
RGB	rgb(139, 90, 226)
HSL	hsl(262, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(262, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 60.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.85, 48.97, -62.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.85, 79.25, 308.17°)
OKLab	oklab(58.86% 0.088 -0.1773)
OKLCH	oklch(58.86% 0.198 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.0276, 18.2918, 73.9908)
Luminance	0.1829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5AE2 #B1E25A

analogous

#5A6DE2 #8B5AE2 #CF5AE2

triadic

#8B5AE2 #E28B5A #5AE28B

tetradic

#8B5AE2 #E25A6D #B1E25A #5AE2CF

square

#8B5AE2 #E25A6D #B1E25A #5AE2CF

split-complementary

#8B5AE2 #E2CF5A #6DE25A

monochromatic

#4E1DA5 #6626D9 #8B5AE2 #B08EEB #D4C2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#8B5AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#8B5AE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5AE2

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5AE2	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1975DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767896

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 90, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.198 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28bec',
    500: '#8b5ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5ae2;
$custom-light: #b28bec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.618,
    "s": 70.103,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58855,
    "c": 0.19793,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5AE2

secondary

#D3E5B3

accent

#D2138D

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5AE2

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

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