#8B5BB2#8B5BB2

#8B5BB2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.138 H 308.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5BB2
RGB	rgb(139, 91, 178)
HSL	hsl(273, 36%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(273, 49%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 48.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.22, 36.46, -38.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.22, 53.34, 313.13°)
OKLab	oklab(56% 0.0851 -0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(56% 0.138 308)
XYZ	xyz(22.4229, 16.1858, 44.0538)
Luminance	0.1618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5BB2 #82B25B

analogous

#5F5BB2 #8B5BB2 #B25BAE

triadic

#8B5BB2 #B28B5B #5BB28B

tetradic

#8B5BB2 #B25F5B #82B25B #5BAEB2

square

#8B5BB2 #B25F5B #82B25B #5BAEB2

split-complementary

#8B5BB2 #AEB25B #5BB25F

monochromatic

#4C2F64 #6C428D #8B5BB2 #A885C6 #C6AED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#8B5BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#8B5BB2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5BB2

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5BB2	1.00	4.96	4.24	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#446EB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5271B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#866A7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 91, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.138 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8bc9',
    500: '#8b5bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5bb2;
$custom-light: #af8bc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.103,
    "s": 36.1,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56002,
    "c": 0.13812,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.16185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5BB2

secondary

#B2C7A2

accent

#CC5C8E

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5F0F8

border

#CFCBD1

text

#110C13

muted

#807D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5BB2

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

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