#8B5CF6#8B5CF6

#8B5CF6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.219 H 292.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5CF6
RGB	rgb(139, 92, 246)
HSL	hsl(258, 90%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(258, 63%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 62.6%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.61, 53.16, -70.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.61, 88.44, 306.94°)
OKLab	oklab(60.56% 0.0845 -0.2019)
OKLCH	oklch(60.56% 0.219 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.1046, 19.7961, 89.3531)
Luminance	0.1980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5CF6 #C7F65C

analogous

#5C7AF6 #8B5CF6 #D85CF6

triadic

#8B5CF6 #F68B5C #5CF68B

tetradic

#8B5CF6 #F65C7A #C7F65C #5CF6D8

square

#8B5CF6 #F65C7A #C7F65C #5CF6D8

split-complementary

#8B5CF6 #F6D85C #7AF65C

monochromatic

#460BCC #6222F3 #8B5CF6 #B496F9 #DED0FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#8B5CF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#8B5CF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5CF6

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5CF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5CF6	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0078F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C80A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5cf6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 92, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.219 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48cfa',
    500: '#8b5cf6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5cf6;
$custom-light: #b48cfa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5cf6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.312,
    "s": 89.535,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60563,
    "c": 0.21891,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5CF6

secondary

#E1F0BE

accent

#E6009F

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5CF6

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

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