#8B5CE8#8B5CE8

#8B5CE8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.202 H 295.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5CE8
RGB	rgb(139, 92, 232)
HSL	hsl(260, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(260, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 60.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.65, 49.46, -64.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.65, 81.19, 307.53°)
OKLab	oklab(59.57% 0.0855 -0.1834)
OKLCH	oklch(59.57% 0.202 295)
XYZ	xyz(29.0363, 18.9688, 78.4598)
Luminance	0.1897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5CE8 #B9E85C

analogous

#5C73E8 #8B5CE8 #D15CE8

triadic

#8B5CE8 #E88B5C #5CE88B

tetradic

#8B5CE8 #E85C73 #B9E85C #5CE8D1

square

#8B5CE8 #E85C73 #B9E85C #5CE8D1

split-complementary

#8B5CE8 #E8D15C #73E85C

monochromatic

#4C19B1 #6526E0 #8B5CE8 #B192F0 #D7C7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#8B5CE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#8B5CE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5CE8

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5CE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5CE8	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A76E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#737B99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5ce8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 92, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.202 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38cf0',
    500: '#8b5ce8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5ce8;
$custom-light: #b38cf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5ce8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.143,
    "s": 75.269,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59566,
    "c": 0.20236,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.18969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5CE8

secondary

#D8E9B7

accent

#D70E94

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C17

muted

#807D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5CE8

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

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