#8B5BC9#8B5BC9

#8B5BC9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.166 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5BC9
RGB	rgb(139, 91, 201)
HSL	hsl(266, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(266, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 54.7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.50, 42.05, -50.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.50, 65.51, 309.94°)
OKLab	oklab(57.36% 0.0869 -0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(57.36% 0.166 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.9287, 17.1881, 57.2513)
Luminance	0.1719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5BC9 #99C95B

analogous

#5B62C9 #8B5BC9 #C25BC9

triadic

#8B5BC9 #C98B5B #5BC98B

tetradic

#8B5BC9 #C95B62 #99C95B #5BC9C2

square

#8B5BC9 #C95B62 #99C95B #5BC9C2

split-complementary

#8B5BC9 #C9C25B #62C95B

monochromatic

#4F2A80 #6C39AE #8B5BC9 #AC89D8 #CCB7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#8B5BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#8B5BC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5BC9

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5BC9	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3072CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4073C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F7089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 91, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.166 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08bda',
    500: '#8b5bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5bc9;
$custom-light: #b08bda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.182,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57364,
    "c": 0.16633,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5BC9

secondary

#C3D6AA

accent

#DA4E9D

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5BC9

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

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