#8B5BCF#8B5BCF

#8B5BCF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.174 H 300.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5BCF
RGB	rgb(139, 91, 207)
HSL	hsl(265, 55%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(265, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 56%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.85, 43.56, -53.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.85, 68.68, 309.37°)
OKLab	oklab(57.74% 0.0871 -0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(57.74% 0.174 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.6483, 17.4760, 61.0413)
Luminance	0.1748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5BCF #9FCF5B

analogous

#5B65CF #8B5BCF #C55BCF

triadic

#8B5BCF #CF8B5B #5BCF8B

tetradic

#8B5BCF #CF5B65 #9FCF5B #5BCFC5

square

#8B5BCF #CF5B65 #9FCF5B #5BCFC5

split-complementary

#8B5BCF #CFC55B #65CF5B

monochromatic

#502888 #6B36B7 #8B5BCF #AC8ADD #CEBAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#8B5BCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#8B5BCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5BCF

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5BCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5BCF	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2874D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A73CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D728C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5bcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 91, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.174 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18bde',
    500: '#8b5bcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5bcf;
$custom-light: #b18bde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5bcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.828,
    "s": 54.717,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57743,
    "c": 0.17365,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5BCF

secondary

#C7DAAC

accent

#DE4AA1

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5BCF

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

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