#8B5CE7#8B5CE7

#8B5CE7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.201 H 295.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5CE7
RGB	rgb(139, 92, 231)
HSL	hsl(260, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(260, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 60.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.58, 49.20, -63.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.58, 80.67, 307.58°)
OKLab	oklab(59.5% 0.0855 -0.1821)
OKLCH	oklch(59.5% 0.201 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.8946, 18.9122, 77.7139)
Luminance	0.1891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5CE7 #B8E75C

analogous

#5C72E7 #8B5CE7 #D15CE7

triadic

#8B5CE7 #E78B5C #5CE78B

tetradic

#8B5CE7 #E75C72 #B8E75C #5CE7D1

square

#8B5CE7 #E75C72 #B8E75C #5CE7D1

split-complementary

#8B5CE7 #E7D15C #72E75C

monochromatic

#4C1AAF #6527DF #8B5CE7 #B191EF #D7C7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#8B5CE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#8B5CE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5CE7

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5CE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5CE7	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F76E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#747B99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5ce7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 92, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.201 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38cef',
    500: '#8b5ce7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5ce7;
$custom-light: #b38cef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5ce7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.288,
    "s": 74.332,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59497,
    "c": 0.20117,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5CE7

secondary

#D7E8B7

accent

#D60F93

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C17

muted

#807D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5CE7

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

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