#8B5DDB#8B5DDB

#8B5DDB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.185 H 297.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5DDB
RGB	rgb(139, 93, 219)
HSL	hsl(262, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(262, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 57.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.02, 45.53, -58.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.02, 73.79, 308.10°)
OKLab	oklab(58.83% 0.0847 -0.1648)
OKLCH	oklch(58.83% 0.185 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.3448, 18.4317, 69.1211)
Luminance	0.1843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5DDB #ADDB5D

analogous

#5D6EDB #8B5DDB #CA5DDB

triadic

#8B5DDB #DB8B5D #5DDB8B

tetradic

#8B5DDB #DB5D6E #ADDB5D #5DDBCA

square

#8B5DDB #DB5D6E #ADDB5D #5DDBCA

split-complementary

#8B5DDB #DBCA5D #6EDB5D

monochromatic

#4F229B #682ECD #8B5DDB #AF8FE6 #D3C1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#8B5DDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#8B5DDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5DDB

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5DDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5DDB	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1877DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E75D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787893

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5ddb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 93, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.185 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18de7',
    500: '#8b5ddb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5ddb;
$custom-light: #b18de7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5ddb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.905,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58834,
    "c": 0.18533,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5DDB

secondary

#D0E2B2

accent

#CB1A8B

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5DDB

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

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