#8B5BCA#8B5BCA

#8B5BCA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.168 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5BCA
RGB	rgb(139, 91, 202)
HSL	hsl(266, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(266, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 55%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.56, 42.30, -50.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.56, 66.04, 309.84°)
OKLab	oklab(57.43% 0.087 -0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(57.43% 0.168 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.0467, 17.2353, 57.8729)
Luminance	0.1724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5BCA #9ACA5B

analogous

#5B63CA #8B5BCA #C35BCA

triadic

#8B5BCA #CA8B5B #5BCA8B

tetradic

#8B5BCA #CA5B63 #9ACA5B #5BCAC3

square

#8B5BCA #CA5B63 #9ACA5B #5BCAC3

split-complementary

#8B5BCA #CAC35B #63CA5B

monochromatic

#4F2A81 #6C39AF #8B5BCA #AC89D9 #CCB8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#8B5BCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#8B5BCA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5BCA

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5BCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5BCA	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F73CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F73C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F718A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5bca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 91, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.168 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08bdb',
    500: '#8b5bca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5bca;
$custom-light: #b08bdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5bca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.946,
    "s": 51.152,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57427,
    "c": 0.16756,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5BCA

secondary

#C3D7AA

accent

#DB4D9D

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5BCA

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

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