#8B5BDA#8B5BDA

#8B5BDA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.187 H 297.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5BDA
RGB	rgb(139, 91, 218)
HSL	hsl(263, 63%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(263, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 58.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.54, 46.37, -58.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.54, 74.47, 308.51°)
OKLab	oklab(58.46% 0.0871 -0.1654)
OKLCH	oklch(58.46% 0.187 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.0403, 18.0327, 68.3721)
Luminance	0.1803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5BDA #AADA5B

analogous

#5B6ADA #8B5BDA #CA5BDA

triadic

#8B5BDA #DA8B5B #5BDA8B

tetradic

#8B5BDA #DA5B6A #AADA5B #5BDACA

square

#8B5BDA #DA5B6A #AADA5B #5BDACA

split-complementary

#8B5BDA #DACA5B #6ADA5B

monochromatic

#4F2298 #692ECA #8B5BDA #AE8DE5 #D2BFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#8B5BDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#8B5BDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5BDA

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5BDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5BDA	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1176DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C74D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#797692

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5bda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 91, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.187 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18be6',
    500: '#8b5bda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5bda;
$custom-light: #b18be6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5bda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.677,
    "s": 63.184,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58462,
    "c": 0.18697,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5BDA

secondary

#CEE1B0

accent

#CB1B88

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5BDA

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

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