#8B5CE5#8B5CE5

#8B5CE5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.199 H 295.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5CE5
RGB	rgb(139, 92, 229)
HSL	hsl(261, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(261, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 59.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.45, 48.67, -63.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.45, 79.63, 307.68°)
OKLab	oklab(59.36% 0.0856 -0.1794)
OKLCH	oklch(59.36% 0.199 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6138, 18.7998, 76.2347)
Luminance	0.1880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5CE5 #B6E55C

analogous

#5C71E5 #8B5CE5 #D05CE5

triadic

#8B5CE5 #E58B5C #5CE58B

tetradic

#8B5CE5 #E55C71 #B6E55C #5CE5D0

square

#8B5CE5 #E55C71 #B6E55C #5CE5D0

split-complementary

#8B5CE5 #E5D05C #71E55C

monochromatic

#4D1BAB #6527DD #8B5CE5 #B191ED #D6C6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#8B5CE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#8B5CE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5CE5

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5CE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5CE5	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1776E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#747A98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5ce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 92, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.199 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28cee',
    500: '#8b5ce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5ce5;
$custom-light: #b28cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5ce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.584,
    "s": 72.487,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59359,
    "c": 0.19879,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5CE5

secondary

#D6E7B6

accent

#D51191

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5CE5

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

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