#8B5AEE#8B5AEE

#8B5AEE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.212 H 294.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5AEE
RGB	rgb(139, 90, 238)
HSL	hsl(260, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(260, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 62.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.66, 52.10, -67.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.66, 85.47, 307.56°)
OKLab	oklab(59.7% 0.0873 -0.1933)
OKLCH	oklch(59.7% 0.212 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7321, 18.9736, 82.9681)
Luminance	0.1897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5AEE #BDEE5A

analogous

#5A73EE #8B5AEE #D55AEE

triadic

#8B5AEE #EE8B5A #5AEE8B

tetradic

#8B5AEE #EE5A73 #BDEE5A #5AEED5

square

#8B5AEE #EE5A73 #BDEE5A #5AEED5

split-complementary

#8B5AEE #EED55A #73EE5A

monochromatic

#4B13BA #6423E8 #8B5AEE #B291F4 #D9C9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#8B5AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#8B5AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5AEE

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5AEE	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0076EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#707C9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 90, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.212 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38bf4',
    500: '#8b5aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5aee;
$custom-light: #b38bf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.865,
    "s": 81.319,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59699,
    "c": 0.2121,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5AEE

secondary

#DBECB8

accent

#DE0897

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5AEE

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

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