#8B5DED#8B5DED

#8B5DED is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.207 H 294.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5DED
RGB	rgb(139, 93, 237)
HSL	hsl(259, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(259, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 60.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.19, 50.24, -66.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.19, 83.21, 307.14°)
OKLab	oklab(60.06% 0.0841 -0.1891)
OKLCH	oklch(60.06% 0.207 294)
XYZ	xyz(29.8438, 19.4313, 82.2826)
Luminance	0.1943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5DED #BFED5D

analogous

#5D77ED #8B5DED #D35DED

triadic

#8B5DED #ED8B5D #5DED8B

tetradic

#8B5DED #ED5D77 #BFED5D #5DEDD3

square

#8B5DED #ED5D77 #BFED5D #5DEDD3

split-complementary

#8B5DED #EDD35D #77ED5D

monochromatic

#4A15BB #6426E7 #8B5DED #B294F3 #DACBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#8B5DED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#8B5DED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5DED

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5DED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5DED	1.00	4.30	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0077EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#717D9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5ded;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 93, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.207 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38df4',
    500: '#8b5ded',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5ded;
$custom-light: #b38df4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5ded",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.167,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60064,
    "c": 0.20699,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.19432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5DED

secondary

#DCECBA

accent

#DC0999

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5DED

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

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