#8B5DD2#8B5DD2

#8B5DD2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.174 H 299.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5DD2
RGB	rgb(139, 93, 210)
HSL	hsl(264, 57%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(264, 56%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 55.7%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.46, 43.21, -53.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.46, 69.04, 308.75°)
OKLab	oklab(58.25% 0.0847 -0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(58.25% 0.174 299)
XYZ	xyz(26.1918, 17.9706, 63.0490)
Luminance	0.1797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5DD2 #A4D25D

analogous

#5D6AD2 #8B5DD2 #C65DD2

triadic

#8B5DD2 #D28B5D #5DD28B

tetradic

#8B5DD2 #D25D6A #A4D25D #5DD2C6

square

#8B5DD2 #D25D6A #A4D25D #5DD2C6

split-complementary

#8B5DD2 #D2C65D #6AD25D

monochromatic

#4F278D #6A35BD #8B5DD2 #AD8DDF #D0BDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#8B5DD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#8B5DD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5DD2

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5DD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5DD2	1.00	4.57	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2976D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A75CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C758F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5dd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 93, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.174 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18ce0',
    500: '#8b5dd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5dd2;
$custom-light: #b18ce0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5dd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.59,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58248,
    "c": 0.17435,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.17971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5DD2

secondary

#CADCAF

accent

#E048A4

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5DD2

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

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