#8B5AEC#8B5AEC

#8B5AEC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.210 H 294.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5AEC
RGB	rgb(139, 90, 236)
HSL	hsl(260, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(260, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 61.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.52, 51.58, -66.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.52, 84.44, 307.65°)
OKLab	oklab(59.56% 0.0875 -0.1907)
OKLCH	oklch(59.56% 0.21 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4399, 18.8567, 81.4292)
Luminance	0.1886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5AEC #BBEC5A

analogous

#5A72EC #8B5AEC #D45AEC

triadic

#8B5AEC #EC8B5A #5AEC8B

tetradic

#8B5AEC #EC5A72 #BBEC5A #5AECD4

square

#8B5AEC #EC5A72 #BBEC5A #5AECD4

split-complementary

#8B5AEC #ECD45A #72EC5A

monochromatic

#4B15B7 #6423E6 #8B5AEC #B291F2 #D8C8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#8B5AEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#8B5AEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5AEC

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5AEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5AEC	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0076E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#717B9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5aec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 90, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.210 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38bf3',
    500: '#8b5aec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5aec;
$custom-light: #b38bf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5aec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.137,
    "s": 79.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59556,
    "c": 0.20976,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5AEC

secondary

#D9EBB7

accent

#DC0A95

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5AEC

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

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