#8B5AE6#8B5AE6

#8B5AE6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.203 H 295.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5AE6
RGB	rgb(139, 90, 230)
HSL	hsl(261, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(261, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 60.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.11, 50.01, -64.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.11, 81.33, 307.95°)
OKLab	oklab(59.13% 0.0878 -0.1827)
OKLCH	oklch(59.13% 0.203 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.5828, 18.5139, 76.9152)
Luminance	0.1851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5AE6 #B5E65A

analogous

#5A6FE6 #8B5AE6 #D15AE6

triadic

#8B5AE6 #E68B5A #5AE68B

tetradic

#8B5AE6 #E65A6F #B5E65A #5AE6D1

square

#8B5AE6 #E65A6F #B5E65A #5AE6D1

split-complementary

#8B5AE6 #E6D15A #6FE65A

monochromatic

#4D1AAC #6625DE #8B5AE6 #B08FEE #D6C4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#8B5AE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#8B5AE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5AE6

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5AE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5AE6	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0875E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#747998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5ae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 90, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.203 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38bef',
    500: '#8b5ae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5ae6;
$custom-light: #b38bef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5ae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261,
    "s": 73.684,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59133,
    "c": 0.20268,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5AE6

secondary

#D5E7B5

accent

#D61090

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5AE6

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

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