#8B5CD7#8B5CD7

#8B5CD7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.182 H 298.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5CD7
RGB	rgb(139, 92, 215)
HSL	hsl(263, 61%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(263, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 57.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.56, 45.05, -56.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.56, 72.29, 308.55°)
OKLab	oklab(58.42% 0.0859 -0.1603)
OKLCH	oklch(58.42% 0.182 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.7373, 18.0492, 66.3520)
Luminance	0.1805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5CD7 #A8D75C

analogous

#5C6AD7 #8B5CD7 #C95CD7

triadic

#8B5CD7 #D78B5C #5CD78B

tetradic

#8B5CD7 #D75C6A #A8D75C #5CD7C9

square

#8B5CD7 #D75C6A #A8D75C #5CD7C9

split-complementary

#8B5CD7 #D7C95C #6AD75C

monochromatic

#4F2494 #6930C5 #8B5CD7 #AE8DE3 #D1BEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#8B5CD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#8B5CD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5CD7

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5CD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5CD7	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E76DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3275D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A7691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 92, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.182 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18ce4',
    500: '#8b5cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5cd7;
$custom-light: #b18ce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.927,
    "s": 60.591,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58416,
    "c": 0.18191,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5CD7

secondary

#CDDFB0

accent

#C81D87

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5CD7

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

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