#8B5DDF#8B5DDF

#8B5DDF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.190 H 296.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5DDF
RGB	rgb(139, 93, 223)
HSL	hsl(261, 67%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(261, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 58.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.27, 46.56, -59.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.27, 75.89, 307.85°)
OKLab	oklab(59.1% 0.0847 -0.1703)
OKLCH	oklch(59.1% 0.19 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.8777, 18.6449, 71.9278)
Luminance	0.1865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5DDF #B1DF5D

analogous

#5D70DF #8B5DDF #CC5DDF

triadic

#8B5DDF #DF8B5D #5DDF8B

tetradic

#8B5DDF #DF5D70 #B1DF5D #5DDFCC

square

#8B5DDF #DF5D70 #B1DF5D #5DDFCC

split-complementary

#8B5DDF #DFCC5D #70DF5D

monochromatic

#4E20A2 #662AD5 #8B5DDF #B090E9 #D4C3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#8B5DDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#8B5DDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5DDF

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5DDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5DDF	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B78E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2876DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#777995

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5ddf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 93, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.190 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28dea',
    500: '#8b5ddf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5ddf;
$custom-light: #b28dea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5ddf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.231,
    "s": 67.01,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59101,
    "c": 0.19018,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5DDF

secondary

#D3E4B4

accent

#CF178E

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5DDF

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

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