#8B5BF5#8B5BF5

#8B5BF5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.219 H 293.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5BF5
RGB	rgb(139, 91, 245)
HSL	hsl(259, 89%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(259, 63%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 62.9%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.34, 53.42, -70.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.34, 88.50, 307.13°)
OKLab	oklab(60.35% 0.0857 -0.2016)
OKLCH	oklch(60.35% 0.219 293)
XYZ	xyz(30.8655, 19.5628, 88.5183)
Luminance	0.1956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5BF5 #C5F55B

analogous

#5B78F5 #8B5BF5 #D85BF5

triadic

#8B5BF5 #F58B5B #5BF58B

tetradic

#8B5BF5 #F55B78 #C5F55B #5BF5D8

square

#8B5BF5 #F55B78 #C5F55B #5BF5D8

split-complementary

#8B5BF5 #F5D85B #78F55B

monochromatic

#470CC9 #6221F1 #8B5BF5 #B495F9 #DDCEFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#8B5BF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#8B5BF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5BF5

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5BF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5BF5	1.00	4.27	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CFA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0077F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D7FA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5bf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 91, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.219 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48cf9',
    500: '#8b5bf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5bf5;
$custom-light: #b48cf9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5bf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.701,
    "s": 88.506,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60348,
    "c": 0.21901,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.19564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5BF5

secondary

#DFEFBC

accent

#E5009E

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5BF5

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

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