#8B5CE1#8B5CE1

#8B5CE1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.194 H 296.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5CE1
RGB	rgb(139, 92, 225)
HSL	hsl(261, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(261, 59%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.2%, 59.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.19, 47.63, -61.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.19, 77.54, 307.90°)
OKLab	oklab(59.09% 0.0858 -0.174)
OKLCH	oklch(59.09% 0.194 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.0617, 18.5790, 73.3272)
Luminance	0.1858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5CE1 #B2E15C

analogous

#5C70E1 #8B5CE1 #CE5CE1

triadic

#8B5CE1 #E18B5C #5CE18B

tetradic

#8B5CE1 #E15C70 #B2E15C #5CE1CE

square

#8B5CE1 #E15C70 #B2E15C #5CE1CE

split-complementary

#8B5CE1 #E1CE5C #70E15C

monochromatic

#4E1EA4 #6628D7 #8B5CE1 #B090EB #D5C3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#8B5CE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#8B5CE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5CE1

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5CE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5CE1	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2176DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5ce1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 92, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.194 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28ceb',
    500: '#8b5ce1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5ce1;
$custom-light: #b28ceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5ce1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.203,
    "s": 68.912,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59085,
    "c": 0.19399,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5CE1

secondary

#D4E5B4

accent

#D1158E

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5CE1

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

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