#8B5CEF#8B5CEF

#8B5CEF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.211 H 293.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5CEF
RGB	rgb(139, 92, 239)
HSL	hsl(259, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(259, 62%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 61.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.12, 51.30, -67.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.12, 84.83, 307.21°)
OKLab	oklab(60.06% 0.0851 -0.1927)
OKLCH	oklch(60.06% 0.211 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.0504, 19.3745, 83.8010)
Luminance	0.1938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5CEF #C0EF5C

analogous

#5C76EF #8B5CEF #D55CEF

triadic

#8B5CEF #EF8B5C #5CEF8B

tetradic

#8B5CEF #EF5C76 #C0EF5C #5CEFD5

square

#8B5CEF #EF5C76 #C0EF5C #5CEFD5

split-complementary

#8B5CEF #EFD55C #76EF5C

monochromatic

#4913BE #6324EA #8B5CEF #B394F4 #DACBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#8B5CEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#8B5CEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5CEF

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5CEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5CEF	1.00	4.31	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0077EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#707D9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5cef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 92, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.211 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38cf5',
    500: '#8b5cef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5cef;
$custom-light: #b38cf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5cef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.184,
    "s": 82.123,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60059,
    "c": 0.21067,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5CEF

secondary

#DCECBA

accent

#DF079A

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5CEF

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

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