#8B5CEE#8B5CEE

#8B5CEE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.209 H 294.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5CEE
RGB	rgb(139, 92, 238)
HSL	hsl(259, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(259, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 61.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.05, 51.04, -67.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.05, 84.31, 307.26°)
OKLab	oklab(59.99% 0.0852 -0.1914)
OKLCH	oklch(59.99% 0.21 294)
XYZ	xyz(29.9031, 19.3155, 83.0251)
Luminance	0.1932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5CEE #BFEE5C

analogous

#5C76EE #8B5CEE #D45CEE

triadic

#8B5CEE #EE8B5C #5CEE8B

tetradic

#8B5CEE #EE5C76 #BFEE5C #5CEED4

square

#8B5CEE #EE5C76 #BFEE5C #5CEED4

split-complementary

#8B5CEE #EED45C #76EE5C

monochromatic

#4A14BC #6425E8 #8B5CEE #B293F4 #DACBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#8B5CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#8B5CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5CEE

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5CEE	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0077EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#707D9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 92, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.209 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38cf4',
    500: '#8b5cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5cee;
$custom-light: #b38cf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.315,
    "s": 81.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59988,
    "c": 0.2095,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.19316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5CEE

secondary

#DCECBA

accent

#DD0899

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5CEE

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

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