#8B5EE3#8B5EE3

#8B5EE3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.194 H 295.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5EE3
RGB	rgb(139, 94, 227)
HSL	hsl(260, 70%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(260, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 58.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.73, 47.06, -61.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.73, 77.39, 307.45°)
OKLab	oklab(59.52% 0.0834 -0.1747)
OKLCH	oklch(59.52% 0.194 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.5117, 19.0399, 74.8310)
Luminance	0.1904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5EE3 #B6E35E

analogous

#5E73E3 #8B5EE3 #CE5EE3

triadic

#8B5EE3 #E38B5E #5EE38B

tetradic

#8B5EE3 #E35E73 #B6E35E #5EE3CE

square

#8B5EE3 #E35E73 #B6E35E #5EE3CE

split-complementary

#8B5EE3 #E3CE5E #73E35E

monochromatic

#4D1DA9 #652ADA #8B5EE3 #B192EC #D6C6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#8B5EE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#8B5EE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5EE3

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5EE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5EE3	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2277E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#757B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5ee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 94, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.194 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28ded',
    500: '#8b5ee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5ee3;
$custom-light: #b28ded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5ee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.301,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59523,
    "c": 0.19363,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5EE3

secondary

#D6E6B6

accent

#D21392

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5EE3

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

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