#8B5DE4#8B5DE4

#8B5DE4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.196 H 295.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5DE4
RGB	rgb(139, 93, 228)
HSL	hsl(260, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(260, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 59.2%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.59, 47.87, -62.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.59, 78.51, 307.57°)
OKLab	oklab(59.44% 0.0845 -0.1771)
OKLCH	oklch(59.44% 0.196 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.5617, 18.9185, 75.5306)
Luminance	0.1892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5DE4 #B6E45D

analogous

#5D73E4 #8B5DE4 #CE5DE4

triadic

#8B5DE4 #E48B5D #5DE48B

tetradic

#8B5DE4 #E45D73 #B6E45D #5DE4CE

square

#8B5DE4 #E45D73 #B6E45D #5DE4CE

split-complementary

#8B5DE4 #E4CE5D #73E45D

monochromatic

#4D1CAA #6529DB #8B5DE4 #B191ED #D6C6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#8B5DE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#8B5DE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5DE4

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5DE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5DE4	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D76E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#757A98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5de4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 93, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.196 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28ded',
    500: '#8b5de4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5de4;
$custom-light: #b28ded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5de4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.444,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5944,
    "c": 0.19622,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5DE4

secondary

#D6E7B6

accent

#D31292

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5DE4

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

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