#8B5DFD#8B5DFD

#8B5DFD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.226 H 291.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5DFD
RGB	rgb(139, 93, 253)
HSL	hsl(257, 98%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(257, 63%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 63.2%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.30, 54.49, -73.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.30, 91.46, 306.57°)
OKLab	oklab(61.22% 0.0829 -0.2101)
OKLCH	oklch(61.22% 0.226 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.2865, 20.4084, 95.1475)
Luminance	0.2041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5DFD #CFFD5D

analogous

#5D7FFD #8B5DFD #DB5DFD

triadic

#8B5DFD #FD8B5D #5DFD8B

tetradic

#8B5DFD #FD5D7F #CFFD5D #5DFDDB

square

#8B5DFD #FD5D7F #CFFD5D #5DFDDB

split-complementary

#8B5DFD #FDDB5D #7FFD5D

monochromatic

#4103DD #6021FC #8B5DFD #B699FE #E2D6FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#8B5DFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#8B5DFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5DFD

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5DFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5DFD	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007FFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0079FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6983A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5dfd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 93, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.226 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b58dff',
    500: '#8b5dfd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5dfd;
$custom-light: #b58dff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5dfd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.25,
    "s": 97.561,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61218,
    "c": 0.22585,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5DFD

secondary

#E5F4C2

accent

#E600A4

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C18

muted

#817D86

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5DFD

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

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