#8B5BED#8B5BED

#8B5BED is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.210 H 294.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5BED
RGB	rgb(139, 91, 237)
HSL	hsl(260, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(260, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 61.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.79, 51.31, -66.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.79, 84.37, 307.45°)
OKLab	oklab(59.77% 0.0863 -0.191)
OKLCH	oklch(59.77% 0.21 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.6705, 19.0848, 82.2248)
Luminance	0.1909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5BED #BDED5B

analogous

#5B74ED #8B5BED #D45BED

triadic

#8B5BED #ED8B5B #5BED8B

tetradic

#8B5BED #ED5B74 #BDED5B #5BEDD4

square

#8B5BED #ED5B74 #BDED5B #5BEDD4

split-complementary

#8B5BED #EDD45B #74ED5B

monochromatic

#4B14B9 #6424E7 #8B5BED #B292F3 #D9C9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#8B5BED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#8B5BED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5BED

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5BED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5BED	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0077EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#717C9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5bed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 91, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.210 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38cf4',
    500: '#8b5bed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5bed;
$custom-light: #b38cf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5bed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.726,
    "s": 80.22,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59772,
    "c": 0.20963,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5BED

secondary

#DBEBB9

accent

#DD0997

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5BED

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

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