#8B5CCB#8B5CCB

#8B5CCB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.167 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5CCB
RGB	rgb(139, 92, 203)
HSL	hsl(265, 52%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(265, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 54.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.83, 42.00, -50.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.83, 65.95, 309.56°)
OKLab	oklab(57.65% 0.0857 -0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(57.65% 0.167 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.2516, 17.4549, 58.5271)
Luminance	0.1746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5CCB #9CCB5C

analogous

#5C65CB #8B5CCB #C25CCB

triadic

#8B5CCB #CB8B5C #5CCB8B

tetradic

#8B5CCB #CB5C65 #9CCB5C #5CCBC2

square

#8B5CCB #CB5C65 #9CCB5C #5CCBC2

split-complementary

#8B5CCB #CBC25C #65CB5C

monochromatic

#4F2A83 #6C39B1 #8B5CCB #AC8ADA #CDB9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#8B5CCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#8B5CCB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5CCB

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5CCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5CCB	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3073CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4073C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E728B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5ccb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 92, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.167 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08cdb',
    500: '#8b5ccb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5ccb;
$custom-light: #b08cdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5ccb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.405,
    "s": 51.628,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57647,
    "c": 0.16725,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5CCB

secondary

#C5D8AB

accent

#DB4D9F

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5CCB

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

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