#8B5BDD#8B5BDD

#8B5BDD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.191 H 297.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5BDD
RGB	rgb(139, 91, 221)
HSL	hsl(262, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(262, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 58.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.73, 47.14, -59.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.73, 76.04, 308.31°)
OKLab	oklab(58.66% 0.0871 -0.1695)
OKLCH	oklch(58.66% 0.191 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.4364, 18.1912, 70.4583)
Luminance	0.1819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5BDD #ADDD5B

analogous

#5B6CDD #8B5BDD #CC5BDD

triadic

#8B5BDD #DD8B5B #5BDD8B

tetradic

#8B5BDD #DD5B6C #ADDD5B #5BDDCC

square

#8B5BDD #DD5B6C #ADDD5B #5BDDCC

split-complementary

#8B5BDD #DDCC5B #6CDD5B

monochromatic

#4F219D #682BD0 #8B5BDD #AF8EE8 #D3C0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#8B5BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#8B5BDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5BDD

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5BDD	1.00	4.53	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0477E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2775DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787793

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 91, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.191 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28be8',
    500: '#8b5bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5bdd;
$custom-light: #b28be8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.154,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58663,
    "c": 0.19058,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5BDD

secondary

#D0E2B1

accent

#CE188A

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5BDD

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

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