#8B5CE6#8B5CE6

#8B5CE6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.200 H 295.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5CE6
RGB	rgb(139, 92, 230)
HSL	hsl(260, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(260, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 60%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.52, 48.94, -63.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.52, 80.15, 307.63°)
OKLab	oklab(59.43% 0.0856 -0.1807)
OKLCH	oklch(59.43% 0.2 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.7538, 18.8558, 76.9722)
Luminance	0.1886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5CE6 #B7E65C

analogous

#5C72E6 #8B5CE6 #D05CE6

triadic

#8B5CE6 #E68B5C #5CE68B

tetradic

#8B5CE6 #E65C72 #B7E65C #5CE6D0

square

#8B5CE6 #E65C72 #B7E65C #5CE6D0

split-complementary

#8B5CE6 #E6D05C #72E65C

monochromatic

#4C1BAD #6527DE #8B5CE6 #B191EE #D7C6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#8B5CE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#8B5CE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5CE6

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5CE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5CE6	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1376E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#747A98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5ce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 92, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.200 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28cef',
    500: '#8b5ce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5ce6;
$custom-light: #b28cef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5ce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.435,
    "s": 73.404,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59428,
    "c": 0.19998,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5CE6

secondary

#D7E8B6

accent

#D61092

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5CE6

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

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