#8B5AF0#8B5AF0

#8B5AF0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.214 H 294.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5AF0
RGB	rgb(139, 90, 240)
HSL	hsl(260, 83%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(260, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 62.5%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.79, 52.63, -68.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.79, 86.50, 307.48°)
OKLab	oklab(59.84% 0.0871 -0.1959)
OKLCH	oklch(59.84% 0.214 294)
XYZ	xyz(30.0276, 19.0918, 84.5242)
Luminance	0.1909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5AF0 #BFF05A

analogous

#5A74F0 #8B5AF0 #D65AF0

triadic

#8B5AF0 #F08B5A #5AF08B

tetradic

#8B5AF0 #F05A74 #BFF05A #5AF0D6

square

#8B5AF0 #F05A74 #BFF05A #5AF0D6

split-complementary

#8B5AF0 #F0D65A #74F05A

monochromatic

#4A11BE #6422EB #8B5AF0 #B292F5 #DACAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#8B5AF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#8B5AF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5AF0

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5AF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5AF0	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BF5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0076ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#707D9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5af0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 90, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.214 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38bf6',
    500: '#8b5af0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5af0;
$custom-light: #b38bf6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5af0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.6,
    "s": 83.333,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59843,
    "c": 0.21444,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.19093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5AF0

secondary

#DCEDB9

accent

#E00699

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5AF0

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

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