#8B5CCD#8B5CCD

#8B5CCD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.170 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5CCD
RGB	rgb(139, 92, 205)
HSL	hsl(265, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(265, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 55.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.95, 42.50, -51.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.95, 67.00, 309.37°)
OKLab	oklab(57.77% 0.0858 -0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(57.77% 0.17 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.4914, 17.5509, 59.7904)
Luminance	0.1755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5CCD #9ECD5C

analogous

#5C65CD #8B5CCD #C45CCD

triadic

#8B5CCD #CD8B5C #5CCD8B

tetradic

#8B5CCD #CD5C65 #9ECD5C #5CCDC4

square

#8B5CCD #CD5C65 #9ECD5C #5CCDC4

split-complementary

#8B5CCD #CDC45C #65CD5C

monochromatic

#502986 #6B37B4 #8B5CCD #AC8BDB #CEBAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#8B5CCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#8B5CCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5CCD

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5CCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5CCD	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E74D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E74CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D728C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5ccd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 92, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.170 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08cdd',
    500: '#8b5ccd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5ccd;
$custom-light: #b08cdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5ccd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.956,
    "s": 53.052,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57773,
    "c": 0.16971,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5CCD

secondary

#C6D9AC

accent

#DC4BA0

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5CCD

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

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