#8B5AED#8B5AED

#8B5AED is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.211 H 294.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5AED
RGB	rgb(139, 90, 237)
HSL	hsl(260, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(260, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 62%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.59, 51.84, -67.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.59, 84.95, 307.61°)
OKLab	oklab(59.63% 0.0874 -0.192)
OKLCH	oklch(59.63% 0.211 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.5856, 18.9150, 82.1965)
Luminance	0.1892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5AED #BCED5A

analogous

#5A73ED #8B5AED #D55AED

triadic

#8B5AED #ED8B5A #5AED8B

tetradic

#8B5AED #ED5A73 #BCED5A #5AEDD5

square

#8B5AED #ED5A73 #BCED5A #5AEDD5

split-complementary

#8B5AED #EDD55A #73ED5A

monochromatic

#4B14B8 #6423E7 #8B5AED #B291F3 #D9C8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#8B5AED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#8B5AED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5AED

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5AED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5AED	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0076EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#717C9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5aed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 90, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.211 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38bf4',
    500: '#8b5aed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5aed;
$custom-light: #b38bf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5aed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 80.328,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59628,
    "c": 0.21093,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5AED

secondary

#DAEBB8

accent

#DD0996

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5AED

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

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