#8B5AEB#8B5AEB

#8B5AEB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.209 H 294.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5AEB
RGB	rgb(139, 90, 235)
HSL	hsl(260, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(260, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 61.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.45, 51.32, -66.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.45, 83.92, 307.70°)
OKLab	oklab(59.49% 0.0875 -0.1893)
OKLCH	oklch(59.49% 0.209 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.2950, 18.7988, 80.6662)
Luminance	0.1880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5AEB #BAEB5A

analogous

#5A71EB #8B5AEB #D35AEB

triadic

#8B5AEB #EB8B5A #5AEB8B

tetradic

#8B5AEB #EB5A71 #BAEB5A #5AEBD3

square

#8B5AEB #EB5A71 #BAEB5A #5AEBD3

split-complementary

#8B5AEB #EBD35A #71EB5A

monochromatic

#4C16B5 #6523E4 #8B5AEB #B191F2 #D8C7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#8B5AEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#8B5AEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5AEB

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5AEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5AEB	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0076E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#727B9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5aeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 90, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.209 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38bf2',
    500: '#8b5aeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5aeb;
$custom-light: #b38bf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5aeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.276,
    "s": 78.378,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59485,
    "c": 0.20858,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5AEB

secondary

#D9EAB7

accent

#DB0B94

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5AEB

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

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