#8B5CD8#8B5CD8

#8B5CD8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.183 H 298.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5CD8
RGB	rgb(139, 92, 216)
HSL	hsl(263, 61%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(263, 57%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 57.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.62, 45.30, -57.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.62, 72.81, 308.48°)
OKLab	oklab(58.48% 0.0859 -0.1617)
OKLCH	oklch(58.48% 0.183 298)
XYZ	xyz(26.8662, 18.1008, 67.0308)
Luminance	0.1810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5CD8 #A9D85C

analogous

#5C6BD8 #8B5CD8 #C95CD8

triadic

#8B5CD8 #D88B5C #5CD88B

tetradic

#8B5CD8 #D85C6B #A9D85C #5CD8C9

square

#8B5CD8 #D85C6B #A9D85C #5CD8C9

split-complementary

#8B5CD8 #D8C95C #6BD85C

monochromatic

#4F2496 #6930C7 #8B5CD8 #AE8DE4 #D1BFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#8B5CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#8B5CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5CD8

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5CD8	1.00	4.55	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C76DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3175D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A7691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 92, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.183 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18ce5',
    500: '#8b5cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5cd8;
$custom-light: #b18ce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.742,
    "s": 61.386,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58482,
    "c": 0.18312,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.18101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5CD8

secondary

#CEE0B0

accent

#C91C88

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5CD8

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

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