#8B5DEC#8B5DEC

#8B5DEC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.206 H 294.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5DEC
RGB	rgb(139, 93, 236)
HSL	hsl(259, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(259, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 60.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.12, 49.97, -65.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.12, 82.69, 307.18°)
OKLab	oklab(59.99% 0.0842 -0.1878)
OKLCH	oklch(59.99% 0.206 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.6981, 19.3731, 81.5153)
Luminance	0.1937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5DEC #BEEC5D

analogous

#5D76EC #8B5DEC #D35DEC

triadic

#8B5DEC #EC8B5D #5DEC8B

tetradic

#8B5DEC #EC5D76 #BEEC5D #5DECD3

square

#8B5DEC #EC5D76 #BEEC5D #5DECD3

split-complementary

#8B5DEC #ECD35D #76EC5D

monochromatic

#4A16B9 #6426E6 #8B5DEC #B294F2 #D9CBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#8B5DEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#8B5DEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5DEC

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5DEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5DEC	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0077E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#717D9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5dec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 93, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.206 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38df3',
    500: '#8b5dec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5dec;
$custom-light: #b38df3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5dec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.301,
    "s": 79.006,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59994,
    "c": 0.2058,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5DEC

secondary

#DBEBBA

accent

#DB0A98

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5DEC

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

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