#8B5DEB#8B5DEB

#8B5DEB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.205 H 294.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5DEB
RGB	rgb(139, 93, 235)
HSL	hsl(259, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(259, 60%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 60.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.05, 49.71, -65.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.05, 82.17, 307.23°)
OKLab	oklab(59.92% 0.0842 -0.1865)
OKLCH	oklch(59.92% 0.205 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.5532, 19.3151, 80.7523)
Luminance	0.1932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5DEB #BDEB5D

analogous

#5D76EB #8B5DEB #D25DEB

triadic

#8B5DEB #EB8B5D #5DEB8B

tetradic

#8B5DEB #EB5D76 #BDEB5D #5DEBD2

square

#8B5DEB #EB5D76 #BDEB5D #5DEBD2

split-complementary

#8B5DEB #EBD25D #76EB5D

monochromatic

#4B17B7 #6427E4 #8B5DEB #B293F2 #D9CAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#8B5DEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#8B5DEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5DEB

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5DEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5DEB	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0077E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#727D9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5deb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 93, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.205 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38df2',
    500: '#8b5deb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5deb;
$custom-light: #b38df2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5deb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.437,
    "s": 78.022,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59924,
    "c": 0.2046,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5DEB

secondary

#DBEBB9

accent

#DA0B97

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5DEB

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

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