#8B5BE5#8B5BE5

#8B5BE5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.200 H 295.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5BE5
RGB	rgb(139, 91, 229)
HSL	hsl(261, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(261, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 60.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.25, 49.21, -63.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.25, 80.22, 307.84°)
OKLab	oklab(59.21% 0.0868 -0.1804)
OKLCH	oklch(59.21% 0.2 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.5277, 18.6277, 76.2060)
Luminance	0.1863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5BE5 #B5E55B

analogous

#5B70E5 #8B5BE5 #D05BE5

triadic

#8B5BE5 #E58B5B #5BE58B

tetradic

#8B5BE5 #E55B70 #B5E55B #5BE5D0

square

#8B5BE5 #E55B70 #B5E55B #5BE5D0

split-complementary

#8B5BE5 #E5D05B #70E55B

monochromatic

#4D1BAB #6626DD #8B5BE5 #B090ED #D6C5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#8B5BE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#8B5BE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5BE5

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5BE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5BE5	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1276E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#747997

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5be5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 91, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.200 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28bee',
    500: '#8b5be5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5be5;
$custom-light: #b28bee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5be5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.87,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5921,
    "c": 0.20014,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5BE5

secondary

#D5E7B5

accent

#D51191

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5BE5

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

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