#8B5CF0#8B5CF0

#8B5CF0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.212 H 293.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5CF0
RGB	rgb(139, 92, 240)
HSL	hsl(259, 83%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(259, 62%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 61.7%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.19, 51.57, -68.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.19, 85.35, 307.17°)
OKLab	oklab(60.13% 0.085 -0.194)
OKLCH	oklch(60.13% 0.212 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.1985, 19.4337, 84.5812)
Luminance	0.1943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5CF0 #C1F05C

analogous

#5C77F0 #8B5CF0 #D55CF0

triadic

#8B5CF0 #F08B5C #5CF08B

tetradic

#8B5CF0 #F05C77 #C1F05C #5CF0D5

square

#8B5CF0 #F05C77 #C1F05C #5CF0D5

split-complementary

#8B5CF0 #F0D55C #77F05C

monochromatic

#4912C0 #6324EB #8B5CF0 #B394F5 #DBCCFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#8B5CF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#8B5CF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5CF0

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5CF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5CF0	1.00	4.30	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0077ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F7E9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5cf0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 92, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.212 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38cf6',
    500: '#8b5cf0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5cf0;
$custom-light: #b38cf6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5cf0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.054,
    "s": 83.146,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60131,
    "c": 0.21185,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5CF0

secondary

#DDEDBB

accent

#E0069A

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5CF0

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

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