#8B5ECA#8B5ECA

#8B5ECA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.163 H 300.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5ECA
RGB	rgb(139, 94, 202)
HSL	hsl(265, 50%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(265, 53%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 53.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.20, 40.63, -49.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.20, 64.17, 309.28°)
OKLab	oklab(57.9% 0.0831 -0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(57.9% 0.163 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.3083, 17.7585, 57.9601)
Luminance	0.1776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5ECA #9DCA5E

analogous

#5E67CA #8B5ECA #C15ECA

triadic

#8B5ECA #CA8B5E #5ECA8B

tetradic

#8B5ECA #CA5E67 #9DCA5E #5ECAC1

square

#8B5ECA #CA5E67 #9DCA5E #5ECAC1

split-complementary

#8B5ECA #CAC15E #67CA5E

monochromatic

#4F2B83 #6C3AB1 #8B5ECA #AC8CD9 #CDBAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#8B5ECA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#8B5ECA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5ECA

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5ECA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5ECA	1.00	4.61	4.55	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3574CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4374C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E738B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5eca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 94, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.163 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08ddb',
    500: '#8b5eca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5eca;
$custom-light: #b08ddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5eca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 50.467,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57904,
    "c": 0.16296,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5ECA

secondary

#C5D7AC

accent

#DA4EA0

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5ECA

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

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