#8B5AEA#8B5AEA

#8B5AEA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.207 H 295.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5AEA
RGB	rgb(139, 90, 234)
HSL	hsl(260, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(260, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 61.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.38, 51.06, -65.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.38, 83.40, 307.75°)
OKLab	oklab(59.41% 0.0876 -0.188)
OKLCH	oklch(59.41% 0.207 295)
XYZ	xyz(29.1510, 18.7411, 79.9075)
Luminance	0.1874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5AEA #B9EA5A

analogous

#5A71EA #8B5AEA #D35AEA

triadic

#8B5AEA #EA8B5A #5AEA8B

tetradic

#8B5AEA #EA5A71 #B9EA5A #5AEAD3

square

#8B5AEA #EA5A71 #B9EA5A #5AEAD3

split-complementary

#8B5AEA #EAD35A #71EA5A

monochromatic

#4C17B3 #6524E3 #8B5AEA #B190F1 #D7C7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#8B5AEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#8B5AEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5AEA

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5AEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5AEA	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0076E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#727B9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5aea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 90, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.207 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38bf2',
    500: '#8b5aea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5aea;
$custom-light: #b38bf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5aea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.417,
    "s": 77.419,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59414,
    "c": 0.2074,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.18742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5AEA

secondary

#D8E9B6

accent

#DA0C94

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5AEA

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

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