#8B5CEA#8B5CEA

#8B5CEA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.205 H 294.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5CEA
RGB	rgb(139, 92, 234)
HSL	hsl(260, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(260, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 60.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.78, 49.98, -65.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.78, 82.23, 307.43°)
OKLab	oklab(59.71% 0.0854 -0.1861)
OKLCH	oklch(59.71% 0.205 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.3219, 19.0831, 79.9645)
Luminance	0.1908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5CEA #BBEA5C

analogous

#5C74EA #8B5CEA #D25CEA

triadic

#8B5CEA #EA8B5C #5CEA8B

tetradic

#8B5CEA #EA5C74 #BBEA5C #5CEAD2

square

#8B5CEA #EA5C74 #BBEA5C #5CEAD2

split-complementary

#8B5CEA #EAD25C #74EA5C

monochromatic

#4B17B4 #6426E3 #8B5CEA #B292F1 #D8C8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#8B5CEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#8B5CEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5CEA

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5CEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5CEA	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0077E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#727C9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5cea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 92, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.205 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38cf2',
    500: '#8b5cea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5cea;
$custom-light: #b38cf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5cea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.859,
    "s": 77.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59706,
    "c": 0.20475,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5CEA

secondary

#D9EAB8

accent

#D90C95

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5CEA

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

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