#8B5CF9#8B5CF9

#8B5CF9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.222 H 292.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5CF9
RGB	rgb(139, 92, 249)
HSL	hsl(258, 93%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(258, 63%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.2%, 63.1%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.82, 53.95, -72.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.82, 89.98, 306.84°)
OKLab	oklab(60.78% 0.0843 -0.2058)
OKLCH	oklch(60.78% 0.222 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5688, 19.9818, 91.7977)
Luminance	0.1998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5CF9 #CAF95C

analogous

#5C7CF9 #8B5CF9 #DA5CF9

triadic

#8B5CF9 #F98B5C #5CF98B

tetradic

#8B5CF9 #F95C7C #CAF95C #5CF9DA

square

#8B5CF9 #F95C7C #CAF95C #5CF9DA

split-complementary

#8B5CF9 #F9DA5C #7CF95C

monochromatic

#4508D3 #6121F7 #8B5CF9 #B597FB #DFD2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#8B5CF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#8B5CF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5CF9

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5CF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5CF9	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EFE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0078F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B81A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5cf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 92, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.222 292.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48cfc',
    500: '#8b5cf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5cf9;
$custom-light: #b48cfc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5cf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.962,
    "s": 92.899,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60782,
    "c": 0.22242,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5CF9

secondary

#E2F2BF

accent

#E600A1

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C18

muted

#817D86

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5CF9

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

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