#8B5BEF#8B5BEF

#8B5BEF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.212 H 294.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5BEF
RGB	rgb(139, 91, 239)
HSL	hsl(259, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(259, 62%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 61.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.92, 51.84, -67.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.92, 85.41, 307.37°)
OKLab	oklab(59.92% 0.0862 -0.1937)
OKLCH	oklch(59.92% 0.212 294)
XYZ	xyz(29.9643, 19.2024, 83.7723)
Luminance	0.1920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5BEF #BFEF5B

analogous

#5B75EF #8B5BEF #D55BEF

triadic

#8B5BEF #EF8B5B #5BEF8B

tetradic

#8B5BEF #EF5B75 #BFEF5B #5BEFD5

square

#8B5BEF #EF5B75 #BFEF5B #5BEFD5

split-complementary

#8B5BEF #EFD55B #75EF5B

monochromatic

#4A12BD #6423EA #8B5BEF #B293F4 #DACBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#8B5BEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#8B5BEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5BEF

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5BEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5BEF	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0077EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#707D9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5bef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 91, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.212 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38cf5',
    500: '#8b5bef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5bef;
$custom-light: #b38cf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5bef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.459,
    "s": 82.222,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59915,
    "c": 0.21198,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.19203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5BEF

secondary

#DCECBA

accent

#DF0799

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5BEF

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

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