#8B5BF6#8B5BF6

#8B5BF6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.220 H 292.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5BF6
RGB	rgb(139, 91, 246)
HSL	hsl(259, 90%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(259, 63%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 63%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.41, 53.68, -71.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.41, 89.01, 307.09°)
OKLab	oklab(60.42% 0.0856 -0.2029)
OKLCH	oklch(60.42% 0.22 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.0185, 19.6240, 89.3244)
Luminance	0.1963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5BF6 #C6F65B

analogous

#5B78F6 #8B5BF6 #D95BF6

triadic

#8B5BF6 #F68B5B #5BF68B

tetradic

#8B5BF6 #F65B78 #C6F65B #5BF6D9

square

#8B5BF6 #F65B78 #C6F65B #5BF6D9

split-complementary

#8B5BF6 #F6D95B #78F65B

monochromatic

#470BCB #6221F3 #8B5BF6 #B495F9 #DDCFFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#8B5BF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#8B5BF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5BF6

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5BF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5BF6	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0078F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C7FA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5bf6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 91, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.220 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48cfa',
    500: '#8b5bf6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5bf6;
$custom-light: #b48cfa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5bf6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.581,
    "s": 89.595,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60421,
    "c": 0.22018,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5BF6

secondary

#E0F0BD

accent

#E6009E

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5BF6

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

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