#8B5DD5#8B5DD5

#8B5DD5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.178 H 298.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5DD5
RGB	rgb(139, 93, 213)
HSL	hsl(263, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(263, 56%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 56.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.64, 43.98, -55.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.64, 70.62, 308.52°)
OKLab	oklab(58.44% 0.0847 -0.1566)
OKLCH	oklch(58.44% 0.178 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.5691, 18.1215, 65.0359)
Luminance	0.1812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5DD5 #A7D55D

analogous

#5D6BD5 #8B5DD5 #C75DD5

triadic

#8B5DD5 #D58B5D #5DD58B

tetradic

#8B5DD5 #D55D6B #A7D55D #5DD5C7

square

#8B5DD5 #D55D6B #A7D55D #5DD5C7

split-complementary

#8B5DD5 #D5C75D #6BD55D

monochromatic

#4F2692 #6A32C2 #8B5DD5 #AE8EE2 #D1BEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#8B5DD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#8B5DD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5DD5

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5DD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5DD5	1.00	4.54	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2576D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3675D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B7690

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5dd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 93, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.178 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18ce3',
    500: '#8b5dd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5dd5;
$custom-light: #b18ce3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5dd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58441,
    "c": 0.17802,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5DD5

secondary

#CCDEB0

accent

#E246A6

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5DD5

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

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