#8B5EDD#8B5EDD

#8B5EDD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.186 H 296.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5EDD
RGB	rgb(139, 94, 221)
HSL	hsl(261, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(261, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 57.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.35, 45.49, -58.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.35, 74.24, 307.80°)
OKLab	oklab(59.12% 0.0835 -0.1666)
OKLCH	oklch(59.12% 0.186 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.6980, 18.7144, 70.5455)
Luminance	0.1872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5EDD #B0DD5E

analogous

#5E71DD #8B5EDD #CB5EDD

triadic

#8B5EDD #DD8B5E #5EDD8B

tetradic

#8B5EDD #DD5E71 #B0DD5E #5EDDCB

square

#8B5EDD #DD5E71 #B0DD5E #5EDDCB

split-complementary

#8B5EDD #DDCB5E #71DD5E

monochromatic

#4E229F #672CD2 #8B5EDD #AF91E8 #D4C3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#8B5EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#8B5EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5EDD

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5EDD	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1878E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D76DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787995

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 94, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.186 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28de8',
    500: '#8b5edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5edd;
$custom-light: #b28de8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.26,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5912,
    "c": 0.18634,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5EDD

secondary

#D2E3B4

accent

#CD198D

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5EDD

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

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