#8B5DB5#8B5DB5

#8B5DB5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.138 H 306.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5DB5
RGB	rgb(139, 93, 181)
HSL	hsl(271, 37%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 49%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 48.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.82, 36.04, -39.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.82, 53.63, 312.21°)
OKLab	oklab(56.5% 0.0826 -0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(56.5% 0.138 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.9006, 16.6541, 45.7152)
Luminance	0.1665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5DB5 #87B55D

analogous

#5F5DB5 #8B5DB5 #B55DB3

triadic

#8B5DB5 #B58B5D #5DB58B

tetradic

#8B5DB5 #B55F5D #87B55D #5DB3B5

square

#8B5DB5 #B55F5D #87B55D #5DB3B5

split-complementary

#8B5DB5 #B3B55D #5DB55F

monochromatic

#4D3068 #6C4392 #8B5DB5 #A987C8 #C7B1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#8B5DB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#8B5DB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5DB5

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5DB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5DB5	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4570B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5272B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#856C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5db5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 93, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.138 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8ccb',
    500: '#8b5db5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5db5;
$custom-light: #af8ccb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5db5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.364,
    "s": 37.288,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56503,
    "c": 0.13847,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5DB5

secondary

#B6CAA4

accent

#CD5B91

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5F0F8

border

#CFCBD1

text

#110C13

muted

#807D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5DB5

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

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