#8B5CCC#8B5CCC

#8B5CCC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.168 H 300.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5CCC
RGB	rgb(139, 92, 204)
HSL	hsl(265, 52%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(265, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 54.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.89, 42.25, -51.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.89, 66.48, 309.46°)
OKLab	oklab(57.71% 0.0857 -0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(57.71% 0.168 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.3711, 17.5028, 59.1568)
Luminance	0.1750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5CCC #9DCC5C

analogous

#5C65CC #8B5CCC #C35CCC

triadic

#8B5CCC #CC8B5C #5CCC8B

tetradic

#8B5CCC #CC5C65 #9DCC5C #5CCCC3

square

#8B5CCC #CC5C65 #9DCC5C #5CCCC3

split-complementary

#8B5CCC #CCC35C #65CC5C

monochromatic

#4F2984 #6C38B3 #8B5CCC #AC8BDB #CDB9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#8B5CCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#8B5CCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5CCC

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5CCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5CCC	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F74D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F73C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E728B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5ccc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 92, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.168 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08cdc',
    500: '#8b5ccc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5ccc;
$custom-light: #b08cdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5ccc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.179,
    "s": 52.336,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5771,
    "c": 0.16848,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5CCC

secondary

#C5D8AC

accent

#DC4C9F

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5CCC

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

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