#8B5DEF#8B5DEF

#8B5DEF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.209 H 293.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5DEF
RGB	rgb(139, 93, 239)
HSL	hsl(259, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(259, 61%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 61.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.32, 50.77, -67.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.32, 84.24, 307.06°)
OKLab	oklab(60.21% 0.084 -0.1918)
OKLCH	oklch(60.21% 0.209 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.1376, 19.5489, 83.8300)
Luminance	0.1955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5DEF #C1EF5D

analogous

#5D78EF #8B5DEF #D45DEF

triadic

#8B5DEF #EF8B5D #5DEF8B

tetradic

#8B5DEF #EF5D78 #C1EF5D #5DEFD4

square

#8B5DEF #EF5D78 #C1EF5D #5DEFD4

split-complementary

#8B5DEF #EFD45D #78EF5D

monochromatic

#4913BF #6325E9 #8B5DEF #B395F5 #DBCCFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#8B5DEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#8B5DEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5DEF

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5DEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5DEF	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0078EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#707E9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5def;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 93, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.209 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38df5',
    500: '#8b5def',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5def;
$custom-light: #b38df5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5def",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.904,
    "s": 82.022,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60205,
    "c": 0.20937,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5DEF

secondary

#DDEDBB

accent

#DE079B

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5DEF

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

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