#8B5BEC#8B5BEC

#8B5BEC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.208 H 294.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5BEC
RGB	rgb(139, 91, 236)
HSL	hsl(260, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(260, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 61.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.72, 51.05, -66.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.72, 83.86, 307.50°)
OKLab	oklab(59.7% 0.0864 -0.1897)
OKLCH	oklch(59.7% 0.208 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.5248, 19.0266, 81.4575)
Luminance	0.1903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5BEC #BCEC5B

analogous

#5B74EC #8B5BEC #D45BEC

triadic

#8B5BEC #EC8B5B #5BEC8B

tetradic

#8B5BEC #EC5B74 #BCEC5B #5BECD4

square

#8B5BEC #EC5B74 #BCEC5B #5BECD4

split-complementary

#8B5BEC #ECD45B #74EC5B

monochromatic

#4B15B7 #6424E6 #8B5BEC #B292F2 #D9C9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#8B5BEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#8B5BEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5BEC

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5BEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5BEC	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0076E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#717C9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5bec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 91, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.208 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38cf3',
    500: '#8b5bec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5bec;
$custom-light: #b38cf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5bec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.862,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59701,
    "c": 0.20844,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5BEC

secondary

#DAEBB8

accent

#DC0A96

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5BEC

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

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