#8B5CC8#8B5CC8

#8B5CC8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.164 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5CC8
RGB	rgb(139, 92, 200)
HSL	hsl(266, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(266, 54%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 54%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.65, 41.25, -49.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.65, 64.36, 309.86°)
OKLab	oklab(57.46% 0.0856 -0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(57.46% 0.164 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.8975, 17.3133, 56.6625)
Luminance	0.1731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5CC8 #99C85C

analogous

#5C63C8 #8B5CC8 #C15CC8

triadic

#8B5CC8 #C88B5C #5CC88B

tetradic

#8B5CC8 #C85C63 #99C85C #5CC8C1

square

#8B5CC8 #C85C63 #99C85C #5CC8C1

split-complementary

#8B5CC8 #C8C15C #63C85C

monochromatic

#4F2B7F #6C3AAD #8B5CC8 #AC8AD7 #CCB8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#8B5CC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#8B5CC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5CC8

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5CC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5CC8	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3373CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4273C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F7189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5cc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 92, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.164 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08cd9',
    500: '#8b5cc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5cc8;
$custom-light: #b08cd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5cc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.111,
    "s": 49.541,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57461,
    "c": 0.16357,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5CC8

secondary

#C3D6AA

accent

#D94F9D

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5CC8

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

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