#8B5CB5#8B5CB5

#8B5CB5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.140 H 306.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5CB5
RGB	rgb(139, 92, 181)
HSL	hsl(272, 38%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(272, 49%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 49.2%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.60, 36.61, -40.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.60, 54.28, 312.41°)
OKLab	oklab(56.34% 0.084 -0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(56.34% 0.14 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.8134, 16.4797, 45.6862)
Luminance	0.1648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5CB5 #86B55C

analogous

#5E5CB5 #8B5CB5 #B55CB3

triadic

#8B5CB5 #B58B5C #5CB58B

tetradic

#8B5CB5 #B55E5C #86B55C #5CB3B5

square

#8B5CB5 #B55E5C #86B55C #5CB3B5

split-complementary

#8B5CB5 #B3B55C #5CB55E

monochromatic

#4D2F68 #6C4292 #8B5CB5 #A986C8 #C7B0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#8B5CB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#8B5CB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5CB5

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5CB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5CB5	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#446FB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5171B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#856B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5cb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 92, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.140 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8bcb',
    500: '#8b5cb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5cb5;
$custom-light: #af8bcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5cb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.685,
    "s": 37.553,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56337,
    "c": 0.14013,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5CB5

secondary

#B5C9A3

accent

#CE5A91

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5F0F8

border

#CFCBD1

text

#110C13

muted

#807D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5CB5

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

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