#8B5AF2#8B5AF2

#8B5AF2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.217 H 293.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5AF2
RGB	rgb(139, 90, 242)
HSL	hsl(259, 85%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(259, 63%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 62.8%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.93, 53.16, -69.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.93, 87.53, 307.39°)
OKLab	oklab(59.99% 0.087 -0.1986)
OKLCH	oklch(59.99% 0.217 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.3263, 19.2113, 86.0975)
Luminance	0.1921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5AF2 #C1F25A

analogous

#5A75F2 #8B5AF2 #D75AF2

triadic

#8B5AF2 #F28B5A #5AF28B

tetradic

#8B5AF2 #F25A75 #C1F25A #5AF2D7

square

#8B5AF2 #F25A75 #C1F25A #5AF2D7

split-complementary

#8B5AF2 #F2D75A #75F25A

monochromatic

#490FC2 #6321EE #8B5AF2 #B393F6 #DBCBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#8B5AF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#8B5AF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5AF2

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5AF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5AF2	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BF7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0077EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F7D9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5af2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 90, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.217 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48bf7',
    500: '#8b5af2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5af2;
$custom-light: #b48bf7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5af2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.342,
    "s": 85.393,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59988,
    "c": 0.21678,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5AF2

secondary

#DDEEBA

accent

#E2049A

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5AF2

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

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