#8B5CCF#8B5CCF

#8B5CCF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.172 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5CCF
RGB	rgb(139, 92, 207)
HSL	hsl(265, 55%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(265, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 55.6%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.07, 43.01, -52.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.07, 68.06, 309.19°)
OKLab	oklab(57.9% 0.0858 -0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(57.9% 0.172 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.7344, 17.6481, 61.0700)
Luminance	0.1765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5CCF #A0CF5C

analogous

#5C66CF #8B5CCF #C45CCF

triadic

#8B5CCF #CF8B5C #5CCF8B

tetradic

#8B5CCF #CF5C66 #A0CF5C #5CCFC4

square

#8B5CCF #CF5C66 #A0CF5C #5CCFC4

split-complementary

#8B5CCF #CFC45C #66CF5C

monochromatic

#502888 #6B36B8 #8B5CCF #AD8BDD #CEBBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#8B5CCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#8B5CCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5CCF

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5CCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5CCF	1.00	4.64	4.53	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B74D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C74CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D738D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5ccf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 92, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.172 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18cde',
    500: '#8b5ccf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5ccf;
$custom-light: #b18cde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5ccf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.522,
    "s": 54.502,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.579,
    "c": 0.17215,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5CCF

secondary

#C8DAAD

accent

#DE4AA1

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5CCF

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

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