#8B5CCE#8B5CCE

#8B5CCE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.171 H 300.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5CCE
RGB	rgb(139, 92, 206)
HSL	hsl(265, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(265, 55%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 55.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.01, 42.75, -52.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.01, 67.53, 309.28°)
OKLab	oklab(57.84% 0.0858 -0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(57.84% 0.171 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.6125, 17.5993, 60.4282)
Luminance	0.1760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5CCE #9FCE5C

analogous

#5C66CE #8B5CCE #C45CCE

triadic

#8B5CCE #CE8B5C #5CCE8B

tetradic

#8B5CCE #CE5C66 #9FCE5C #5CCEC4

square

#8B5CCE #CE5C66 #9FCE5C #5CCEC4

split-complementary

#8B5CCE #CEC45C #66CE5C

monochromatic

#502987 #6B37B6 #8B5CCE #AC8BDC #CEBAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#8B5CCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#8B5CCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5CCE

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5CCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5CCE	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C74D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D74CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D738C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5cce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 92, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.171 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08cdd',
    500: '#8b5cce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5cce;
$custom-light: #b08cdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5cce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.737,
    "s": 53.774,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57836,
    "c": 0.17093,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5CCE

secondary

#C7DAAC

accent

#DD4BA1

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5CCE

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

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