#8B5DE7#8B5DE7

#8B5DE7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.200 H 295.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5DE7
RGB	rgb(139, 93, 231)
HSL	hsl(260, 74%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(260, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 59.7%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.79, 48.66, -63.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.79, 80.08, 307.41°)
OKLab	oklab(59.65% 0.0844 -0.1811)
OKLCH	oklch(59.65% 0.2 295)
XYZ	xyz(28.9818, 19.0866, 77.7429)
Luminance	0.1909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5DE7 #B9E75D

analogous

#5D74E7 #8B5DE7 #D05DE7

triadic

#8B5DE7 #E78B5D #5DE78B

tetradic

#8B5DE7 #E75D74 #B9E75D #5DE7D0

square

#8B5DE7 #E75D74 #B9E75D #5DE7D0

split-complementary

#8B5DE7 #E7D05D #74E75D

monochromatic

#4C1AB0 #6528DF #8B5DE7 #B192EF #D7C8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#8B5DE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#8B5DE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5DE7

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5DE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5DE7	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1477E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#737B99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5de7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 93, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.200 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28def',
    500: '#8b5de7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5de7;
$custom-light: #b28def;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5de7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59646,
    "c": 0.19982,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.19087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5DE7

secondary

#D8E8B7

accent

#D60F94

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C17

muted

#807D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5DE7

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

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