#8B5CC9#8B5CC9

#8B5CC9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.165 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5CC9
RGB	rgb(139, 92, 201)
HSL	hsl(266, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(266, 54%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 54.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.71, 41.50, -49.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.71, 64.89, 309.76°)
OKLab	oklab(57.52% 0.0856 -0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(57.52% 0.165 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.0148, 17.3602, 57.2800)
Luminance	0.1736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5CC9 #9AC95C

analogous

#5C63C9 #8B5CC9 #C25CC9

triadic

#8B5CC9 #C98B5C #5CC98B

tetradic

#8B5CC9 #C95C63 #9AC95C #5CC9C2

square

#8B5CC9 #C95C63 #9AC95C #5CC9C2

split-complementary

#8B5CC9 #C9C25C #63C95C

monochromatic

#4F2A80 #6C3AAE #8B5CC9 #AC8AD8 #CCB8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#8B5CC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#8B5CC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5CC9

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5CC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5CC9	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3273CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4273C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F718A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5cc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 92, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.165 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08cda',
    500: '#8b5cc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5cc9;
$custom-light: #b08cda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5cc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.872,
    "s": 50.23,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57523,
    "c": 0.1648,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5CC9

secondary

#C3D6AA

accent

#DA4E9E

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5CC9

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

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