#8B5CED#8B5CED

#8B5CED is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.208 H 294.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5CED
RGB	rgb(139, 92, 237)
HSL	hsl(259, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(259, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 61.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.99, 50.77, -66.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.99, 83.79, 307.30°)
OKLab	oklab(59.92% 0.0852 -0.1901)
OKLCH	oklch(59.92% 0.208 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.7566, 19.2569, 82.2535)
Luminance	0.1926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5CED #BEED5C

analogous

#5C76ED #8B5CED #D35CED

triadic

#8B5CED #ED8B5C #5CED8B

tetradic

#8B5CED #ED5C76 #BEED5C #5CEDD3

square

#8B5CED #ED5C76 #BEED5C #5CEDD3

split-complementary

#8B5CED #EDD35C #76ED5C

monochromatic

#4A15BA #6425E7 #8B5CED #B293F3 #D9CAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#8B5CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#8B5CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5CED

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5CED	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0077EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#717D9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 92, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.208 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38cf4',
    500: '#8b5ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5ced;
$custom-light: #b38cf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.448,
    "s": 80.11,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59917,
    "c": 0.20831,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5CED

secondary

#DBEBB9

accent

#DC0998

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5CED

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

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