#8B5ECE#8B5ECE

#8B5ECE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.168 H 299.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5ECE
RGB	rgb(139, 94, 206)
HSL	hsl(264, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(264, 54%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 54.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.44, 41.64, -51.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.44, 66.30, 308.91°)
OKLab	oklab(58.15% 0.0833 -0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(58.15% 0.168 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.7881, 17.9504, 60.4867)
Luminance	0.1795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5ECE #A1CE5E

analogous

#5E69CE #8B5ECE #C35ECE

triadic

#8B5ECE #CE8B5E #5ECE8B

tetradic

#8B5ECE #CE5E69 #A1CE5E #5ECEC3

square

#8B5ECE #CE5E69 #A1CE5E #5ECEC3

split-complementary

#8B5ECE #CEC35E #69CE5E

monochromatic

#4F2988 #6B38B7 #8B5ECE #AD8DDC #CFBCEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#8B5ECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#8B5ECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5ECE

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5ECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5ECE	1.00	4.57	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3175D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F75CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D748D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5ece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 94, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.168 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08ddd',
    500: '#8b5ece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5ece;
$custom-light: #b08ddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5ece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.107,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58153,
    "c": 0.16792,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5ECE

secondary

#C8DAAE

accent

#DD4BA2

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5ECE

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

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