#8B5EDA#8B5EDA

#8B5EDA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.183 H 297.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5EDA
RGB	rgb(139, 94, 218)
HSL	hsl(262, 63%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(262, 57%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 56.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.16, 44.72, -57.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.16, 72.65, 307.99°)
OKLab	oklab(58.92% 0.0835 -0.1625)
OKLCH	oklch(58.92% 0.183 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.3019, 18.5559, 68.4593)
Luminance	0.1856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5EDA #ADDA5E

analogous

#5E6FDA #8B5EDA #C95EDA

triadic

#8B5EDA #DA8B5E #5EDA8B

tetradic

#8B5EDA #DA5E6F #ADDA5E #5EDAC9

square

#8B5EDA #DA5E6F #ADDA5E #5EDAC9

split-complementary

#8B5EDA #DAC95E #6FDA5E

monochromatic

#4F239A #682FCC #8B5EDA #AF90E5 #D3C2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#8B5EDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#8B5EDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5EDA

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5EDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5EDA	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F78DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3276D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#797893

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5eda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 94, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.183 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18de6',
    500: '#8b5eda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5eda;
$custom-light: #b18de6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5eda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.774,
    "s": 62.626,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58922,
    "c": 0.18268,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5EDA

secondary

#D0E1B3

accent

#CA1B8B

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5EDA

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

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