#8B5CE4#8B5CE4

#8B5CE4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.198 H 295.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5CE4
RGB	rgb(139, 92, 228)
HSL	hsl(261, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(261, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 59.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.39, 48.41, -62.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.39, 79.11, 307.73°)
OKLab	oklab(59.29% 0.0857 -0.1781)
OKLCH	oklch(59.29% 0.198 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.4745, 18.7441, 75.5015)
Luminance	0.1875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5CE4 #B5E45C

analogous

#5C71E4 #8B5CE4 #CF5CE4

triadic

#8B5CE4 #E48B5C #5CE48B

tetradic

#8B5CE4 #E45C71 #B5E45C #5CE4CF

square

#8B5CE4 #E45C71 #B5E45C #5CE4CF

split-complementary

#8B5CE4 #E4CF5C #71E45C

monochromatic

#4D1CAA #6627DB #8B5CE4 #B091ED #D6C5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#8B5CE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#8B5CE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5CE4

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5CE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5CE4	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A76E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#757A97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5ce4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 92, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.198 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28ced',
    500: '#8b5ce4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5ce4;
$custom-light: #b28ced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5ce4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.735,
    "s": 71.579,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5929,
    "c": 0.19759,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5CE4

secondary

#D5E7B5

accent

#D41291

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5CE4

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

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