#8B5CF8#8B5CF8

#8B5CF8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.221 H 292.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5CF8
RGB	rgb(139, 92, 248)
HSL	hsl(258, 92%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(258, 63%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(44%, 62.9%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.75, 53.69, -71.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.75, 89.47, 306.87°)
OKLab	oklab(60.71% 0.0844 -0.2045)
OKLCH	oklch(60.71% 0.221 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.4132, 19.9196, 90.9785)
Luminance	0.1992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5CF8 #C9F85C

analogous

#5C7BF8 #8B5CF8 #D95CF8

triadic

#8B5CF8 #F88B5C #5CF88B

tetradic

#8B5CF8 #F85C7B #C9F85C #5CF8D9

square

#8B5CF8 #F85C7B #C9F85C #5CF8D9

split-complementary

#8B5CF8 #F8D95C #7BF85C

monochromatic

#4509D1 #6121F5 #8B5CF8 #B597FB #DFD1FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#8B5CF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#8B5CF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5CF8

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5CF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5CF8	1.00	4.21	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DFD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0078F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B81A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5cf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 92, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.221 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48cfc',
    500: '#8b5cf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5cf8;
$custom-light: #b48cfc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5cf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.077,
    "s": 91.765,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60709,
    "c": 0.22126,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5CF8

secondary

#E2F1BF

accent

#E600A0

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C18

muted

#817D86

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5CF8

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

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