#8B5CF3#8B5CF3

#8B5CF3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.215 H 293.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5CF3
RGB	rgb(139, 92, 243)
HSL	hsl(259, 86%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(259, 62%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.8%, 62.1%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.40, 52.36, -69.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.40, 86.89, 307.05°)
OKLab	oklab(60.35% 0.0848 -0.198)
OKLCH	oklch(60.35% 0.215 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.6479, 19.6135, 86.9476)
Luminance	0.1961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5CF3 #C4F35C

analogous

#5C79F3 #8B5CF3 #D65CF3

triadic

#8B5CF3 #F38B5C #5CF38B

tetradic

#8B5CF3 #F35C79 #C4F35C #5CF3D6

square

#8B5CF3 #F35C79 #C4F35C #5CF3D6

split-complementary

#8B5CF3 #F3D65C #79F35C

monochromatic

#480FC6 #6223EF #8B5CF3 #B495F7 #DCCEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#8B5CF3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#8B5CF3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5CF3

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5CF3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5CF3	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0078F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E7F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5cf3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 92, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.215 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48cf8',
    500: '#8b5cf3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5cf3;
$custom-light: #b48cf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5cf3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.675,
    "s": 86.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60346,
    "c": 0.21539,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5CF3

secondary

#DFEFBC

accent

#E3039D

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5CF3

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

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