#8B5AE4#8B5AE4

#8B5AE4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.200 H 296.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5AE4
RGB	rgb(139, 90, 228)
HSL	hsl(261, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(261, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 60.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.98, 49.49, -63.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.98, 80.29, 308.06°)
OKLab	oklab(58.99% 0.0879 -0.18)
OKLCH	oklch(58.99% 0.2 296)
XYZ	xyz(28.3036, 18.4022, 75.4445)
Luminance	0.1840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5AE4 #B3E45A

analogous

#5A6EE4 #8B5AE4 #D05AE4

triadic

#8B5AE4 #E48B5A #5AE48B

tetradic

#8B5AE4 #E45A6E #B3E45A #5AE4D0

square

#8B5AE4 #E45A6E #B3E45A #5AE4D0

split-complementary

#8B5AE4 #E4D05A #6EE45A

monochromatic

#4D1CA8 #6625DB #8B5AE4 #B08FED #D5C3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#8B5AE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#8B5AE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5AE4

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5AE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5AE4	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1275E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#757897

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5ae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 90, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.200 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28bed',
    500: '#8b5ae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5ae4;
$custom-light: #b28bed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5ae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.304,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58994,
    "c": 0.20032,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.18403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5AE4

secondary

#D4E6B4

accent

#D4128F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5AE4

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →