#8B5CE3#8B5CE3

#8B5CE3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.196 H 295.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5CE3
RGB	rgb(139, 92, 227)
HSL	hsl(261, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(261, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 59.5%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.32, 48.15, -62.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.32, 78.58, 307.79°)
OKLab	oklab(59.22% 0.0857 -0.1767)
OKLCH	oklch(59.22% 0.196 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.3361, 18.6888, 74.7725)
Luminance	0.1869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5CE3 #B4E35C

analogous

#5C70E3 #8B5CE3 #CF5CE3

triadic

#8B5CE3 #E38B5C #5CE38B

tetradic

#8B5CE3 #E35C70 #B4E35C #5CE3CF

square

#8B5CE3 #E35C70 #B4E35C #5CE3CF

split-complementary

#8B5CE3 #E3CF5C #70E35C

monochromatic

#4D1DA8 #6628DA #8B5CE3 #B090EC #D5C4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#8B5CE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#8B5CE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5CE3

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5CE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5CE3	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C76E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#757997

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5ce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 92, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.196 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28ced',
    500: '#8b5ce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5ce3;
$custom-light: #b28ced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5ce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.889,
    "s": 70.681,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59221,
    "c": 0.19639,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5CE3

secondary

#D5E6B5

accent

#D31390

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5CE3

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

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