#8B5DD4#8B5DD4

#8B5DD4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.177 H 298.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5DD4
RGB	rgb(139, 93, 212)
HSL	hsl(263, 58%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(263, 56%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.4%, 56.1%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.58, 43.73, -54.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.58, 70.09, 308.60°)
OKLab	oklab(58.38% 0.0847 -0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(58.38% 0.177 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.4426, 18.0708, 64.3695)
Luminance	0.1807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5DD4 #A6D45D

analogous

#5D6BD4 #8B5DD4 #C65DD4

triadic

#8B5DD4 #D48B5D #5DD48B

tetradic

#8B5DD4 #D45D6B #A6D45D #5DD4C6

square

#8B5DD4 #D45D6B #A6D45D #5DD4C6

split-complementary

#8B5DD4 #D4C65D #6BD45D

monochromatic

#4F2690 #6A33C1 #8B5DD4 #AE8DE1 #D0BEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#8B5DD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#8B5DD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5DD4

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5DD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5DD4	1.00	4.55	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2676D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3875D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B7590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5dd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 93, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.177 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18ce2',
    500: '#8b5dd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5dd4;
$custom-light: #b18ce2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5dd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.193,
    "s": 58.049,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58376,
    "c": 0.17679,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5DD4

secondary

#CCDDAF

accent

#E147A5

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5DD4

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

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