#8B5DCE#8B5DCE

#8B5DCE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.169 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5DCE
RGB	rgb(139, 93, 206)
HSL	hsl(264, 54%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(264, 55%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 54.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.22, 42.20, -51.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.22, 66.92, 309.09°)
OKLab	oklab(57.99% 0.0845 -0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(57.99% 0.169 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.6997, 17.7737, 60.4573)
Luminance	0.1777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5DCE #A0CE5D

analogous

#5D67CE #8B5DCE #C45DCE

triadic

#8B5DCE #CE8B5D #5DCE8B

tetradic

#8B5DCE #CE5D67 #A0CE5D #5DCEC4

square

#8B5DCE #CE5D67 #A0CE5D #5DCEC4

split-complementary

#8B5DCE #CEC45D #67CE5D

monochromatic

#502988 #6B37B7 #8B5DCE #AD8CDC #CEBBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#8B5DCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#8B5DCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5DCE

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5DCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5DCE	1.00	4.61	4.55	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F75D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E74CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D738D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5dce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 93, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.169 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08cdd',
    500: '#8b5dce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5dce;
$custom-light: #b08cdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5dce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.425,
    "s": 53.555,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57994,
    "c": 0.16943,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5DCE

secondary

#C8DAAD

accent

#DD4BA1

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5DCE

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

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