#8B5CEC#8B5CEC

#8B5CEC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.207 H 294.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5CEC
RGB	rgb(139, 92, 236)
HSL	hsl(260, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(260, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 61%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.92, 50.51, -66.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.92, 83.27, 307.34°)
OKLab	oklab(59.85% 0.0853 -0.1888)
OKLCH	oklch(59.85% 0.207 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.6109, 19.1987, 81.4862)
Luminance	0.1920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5CEC #BDEC5C

analogous

#5C75EC #8B5CEC #D35CEC

triadic

#8B5CEC #EC8B5C #5CEC8B

tetradic

#8B5CEC #EC5C75 #BDEC5C #5CECD3

square

#8B5CEC #EC5C75 #BDEC5C #5CECD3

split-complementary

#8B5CEC #ECD35C #75EC5C

monochromatic

#4B15B8 #6425E6 #8B5CEC #B293F2 #D9CAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#8B5CEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#8B5CEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5CEC

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5CEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5CEC	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0077E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#717C9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5cec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 92, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.207 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38cf3',
    500: '#8b5cec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5cec;
$custom-light: #b38cf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5cec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.583,
    "s": 79.121,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59847,
    "c": 0.20713,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5CEC

secondary

#DBEBB9

accent

#DB0A97

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5CEC

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

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