#8B5EDC#8B5EDC

#8B5EDC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.185 H 296.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5EDC
RGB	rgb(139, 94, 220)
HSL	hsl(261, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(261, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 57.3%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.29, 45.24, -58.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.29, 73.71, 307.86°)
OKLab	oklab(59.05% 0.0835 -0.1652)
OKLCH	oklch(59.05% 0.185 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.5651, 18.6612, 69.8460)
Luminance	0.1866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5EDC #AFDC5E

analogous

#5E70DC #8B5EDC #CA5EDC

triadic

#8B5EDC #DC8B5E #5EDC8B

tetradic

#8B5EDC #DC5E70 #AFDC5E #5EDCCA

square

#8B5EDC #DC5E70 #AFDC5E #5EDCCA

split-complementary

#8B5EDC #DCCA5E #70DC5E

monochromatic

#4E229D #672DD0 #8B5EDC #AF90E7 #D3C3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#8B5EDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#8B5EDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5EDC

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5EDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5EDC	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A78E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F76D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787994

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5edc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 94, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.185 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18de8',
    500: '#8b5edc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5edc;
$custom-light: #b18de8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5edc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59054,
    "c": 0.18513,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5EDC

secondary

#D2E2B3

accent

#CC198C

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5EDC

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

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