#8B5BF8#8B5BF8

#8B5BF8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.223 H 292.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5BF8
RGB	rgb(139, 91, 248)
HSL	hsl(258, 92%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(258, 63%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(44%, 63.3%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.55, 54.21, -71.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.55, 90.04, 307.02°)
OKLab	oklab(60.57% 0.0854 -0.2055)
OKLCH	oklch(60.57% 0.223 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.3272, 19.7475, 90.9498)
Luminance	0.1975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5BF8 #C8F85B

analogous

#5B7AF8 #8B5BF8 #DA5BF8

triadic

#8B5BF8 #F88B5B #5BF88B

tetradic

#8B5BF8 #F85B7A #C8F85B #5BF8DA

square

#8B5BF8 #F85B7A #C8F85B #5BF8DA

split-complementary

#8B5BF8 #F8DA5B #7AF85B

monochromatic

#4609D0 #6120F5 #8B5BF8 #B596FB #DED0FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#8B5BF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#8B5BF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5BF8

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5BF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5BF8	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DFD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0078F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B80A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5bf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 91, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.223 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48cfc',
    500: '#8b5bf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5bf8;
$custom-light: #b48cfc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5bf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.344,
    "s": 91.813,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60567,
    "c": 0.22251,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5BF8

secondary

#E1F1BE

accent

#E6009F

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C18

muted

#817D86

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5BF8

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

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