#8B5CDD#8B5CDD

#8B5CDD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.189 H 297.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5CDD
RGB	rgb(139, 92, 221)
HSL	hsl(262, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(262, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 58.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.93, 46.59, -59.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.93, 75.44, 308.14°)
OKLab	oklab(58.81% 0.0859 -0.1686)
OKLCH	oklch(58.81% 0.189 297)
XYZ	xyz(27.5224, 18.3633, 70.4870)
Luminance	0.1836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5CDD #AEDD5C

analogous

#5C6EDD #8B5CDD #CB5CDD

triadic

#8B5CDD #DD8B5C #5CDD8B

tetradic

#8B5CDD #DD5C6E #AEDD5C #5CDDCB

square

#8B5CDD #DD5C6E #AEDD5C #5CDDCB

split-complementary

#8B5CDD #DDCB5C #6EDD5C

monochromatic

#4E219E #682BD0 #8B5CDD #AF8FE8 #D3C1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#8B5CDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#8B5CDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5CDD

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5CDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5CDD	1.00	4.49	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C77E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2975DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5cdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 92, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.189 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28ce8',
    500: '#8b5cdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5cdd;
$custom-light: #b28ce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5cdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.86,
    "s": 65.482,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58814,
    "c": 0.18917,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.18364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5CDD

secondary

#D1E3B2

accent

#CD188B

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5CDD

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

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