#8B5CC7#8B5CC7

#8B5CC7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.162 H 301.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5CC7
RGB	rgb(139, 92, 199)
HSL	hsl(266, 49%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(266, 54%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 53.8%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.59, 41.00, -48.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.59, 63.83, 309.97°)
OKLab	oklab(57.4% 0.0855 -0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(57.4% 0.162 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.7810, 17.2667, 56.0490)
Luminance	0.1727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5CC7 #98C75C

analogous

#5C63C7 #8B5CC7 #C05CC7

triadic

#8B5CC7 #C78B5C #5CC78B

tetradic

#8B5CC7 #C75C63 #98C75C #5CC7C0

square

#8B5CC7 #C75C63 #98C75C #5CC7C0

split-complementary

#8B5CC7 #C7C05C #63C75C

monochromatic

#4F2B7D #6C3BAB #8B5CC7 #AB8AD7 #CCB7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#8B5CC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#8B5CC7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5CC7

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5CC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5CC7	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3473CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4373C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F7189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5cc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 92, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.162 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08cd8',
    500: '#8b5cc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5cc7;
$custom-light: #b08cd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5cc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.355,
    "s": 48.858,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57399,
    "c": 0.16234,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5CC7

secondary

#C2D5AA

accent

#D84F9C

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#110C14

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5CC7

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

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