#8B5CC2#8B5CC2

#8B5CC2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.156 H 303.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5CC2
RGB	rgb(139, 92, 194)
HSL	hsl(268, 46%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(268, 53%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 52.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.31, 39.76, -46.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.31, 61.17, 310.54°)
OKLab	oklab(57.1% 0.0852 -0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(57.1% 0.156 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.2100, 17.0383, 53.0418)
Luminance	0.1704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5CC2 #93C25C

analogous

#5C60C2 #8B5CC2 #BE5CC2

triadic

#8B5CC2 #C28B5C #5CC28B

tetradic

#8B5CC2 #C25C60 #93C25C #5CC2BE

square

#8B5CC2 #C25C60 #93C25C #5CC2BE

split-complementary

#8B5CC2 #C2BE5C #60C25C

monochromatic

#4F2D77 #6C3DA4 #8B5CC2 #AB89D3 #CAB5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#8B5CC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#8B5CC2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5CC2

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5CC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5CC2	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3972C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4873C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#816F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5cc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 92, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.156 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08bd5',
    500: '#8b5cc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5cc2;
$custom-light: #b08bd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5cc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.647,
    "s": 45.536,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57095,
    "c": 0.15619,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5CC2

secondary

#BFD2A8

accent

#D55399

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#110C14

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5CC2

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

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