#8B5CD3#8B5CD3

#8B5CD3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.177 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5CD3
RGB	rgb(139, 92, 211)
HSL	hsl(264, 57%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(264, 56%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 56.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.31, 44.02, -54.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.31, 70.18, 308.85°)
OKLab	oklab(58.16% 0.0859 -0.1548)
OKLCH	oklch(58.16% 0.177 299)
XYZ	xyz(26.2296, 17.8462, 63.6781)
Luminance	0.1785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5CD3 #A4D35C

analogous

#5C69D3 #8B5CD3 #C65CD3

triadic

#8B5CD3 #D38B5C #5CD38B

tetradic

#8B5CD3 #D35C69 #A4D35C #5CD3C6

square

#8B5CD3 #D35C69 #A4D35C #5CD3C6

split-complementary

#8B5CD3 #D3C65C #69D35C

monochromatic

#4F268E #6A33BE #8B5CD3 #AD8CE0 #D0BCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#8B5CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#8B5CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5CD3

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5CD3	1.00	4.60	4.57	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2575D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3774D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B748F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 92, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.177 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18ce1',
    500: '#8b5cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5cd3;
$custom-light: #b18ce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.697,
    "s": 57.488,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58156,
    "c": 0.17704,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.17846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5CD3

secondary

#CADDAE

accent

#E147A4

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5CD3

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

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