#8B5DE2#8B5DE2

#8B5DE2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.194 H 295.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5DE2
RGB	rgb(139, 93, 226)
HSL	hsl(261, 70%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(261, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 58.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.46, 47.35, -61.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.46, 77.47, 307.68°)
OKLab	oklab(59.3% 0.0846 -0.1744)
OKLCH	oklch(59.3% 0.194 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.2857, 18.8081, 74.0768)
Luminance	0.1881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5DE2 #B4E25D

analogous

#5D71E2 #8B5DE2 #CE5DE2

triadic

#8B5DE2 #E28B5D #5DE28B

tetradic

#8B5DE2 #E25D71 #B4E25D #5DE2CE

square

#8B5DE2 #E25D71 #B4E25D #5DE2CE

split-complementary

#8B5DE2 #E2CE5D #71E25D

monochromatic

#4D1EA7 #6629D9 #8B5DE2 #B091EB #D5C5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#8B5DE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#8B5DE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5DE2

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5DE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5DE2	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2276DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767A97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5de2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 93, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.194 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28dec',
    500: '#8b5de2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5de2;
$custom-light: #b28dec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5de2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.752,
    "s": 69.634,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59303,
    "c": 0.1938,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5DE2

secondary

#D5E6B5

accent

#D21490

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5DE2

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

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