#8B5DCA#8B5DCA

#8B5DCA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.164 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5DCA
RGB	rgb(139, 93, 202)
HSL	hsl(265, 51%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(265, 54%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 54%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.98, 41.19, -50.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.98, 64.79, 309.47°)
OKLab	oklab(57.74% 0.0844 -0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(57.74% 0.164 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.2200, 17.5818, 57.9306)
Luminance	0.1758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5DCA #9CCA5D

analogous

#5D65CA #8B5DCA #C15DCA

triadic

#8B5DCA #CA8B5D #5DCA8B

tetradic

#8B5DCA #CA5D65 #9CCA5D #5DCAC1

square

#8B5DCA #CA5D65 #9CCA5D #5DCAC1

split-complementary

#8B5DCA #CAC15D #65CA5D

monochromatic

#4F2B82 #6C3AB0 #8B5DCA #AC8BD9 #CDB9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#8B5DCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#8B5DCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5DCA

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5DCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5DCA	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3374CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4274C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E728B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5dca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 93, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.164 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08cdb',
    500: '#8b5dca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5dca;
$custom-light: #b08cdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5dca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.321,
    "s": 50.698,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57744,
    "c": 0.16449,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5DCA

secondary

#C5D7AC

accent

#DA4E9F

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5DCA

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

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