#8B5EE5#8B5EE5

#8B5EE5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.196 H 295.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5EE5
RGB	rgb(139, 94, 229)
HSL	hsl(260, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(260, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 59%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.86, 47.59, -62.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.86, 78.44, 307.35°)
OKLab	oklab(59.66% 0.0833 -0.1774)
OKLCH	oklch(59.66% 0.196 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.7893, 19.1509, 76.2932)
Luminance	0.1915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5EE5 #B8E55E

analogous

#5E74E5 #8B5EE5 #CE5EE5

triadic

#8B5EE5 #E58B5E #5EE58B

tetradic

#8B5EE5 #E55E74 #B8E55E #5EE5CE

square

#8B5EE5 #E55E74 #B8E55E #5EE5CE

split-complementary

#8B5EE5 #E5CE5E #74E55E

monochromatic

#4C1CAD #6529DC #8B5EE5 #B193EE #D7C7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#8B5EE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#8B5EE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5EE5

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5EE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5EE5	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D77E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#747B99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5ee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 94, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.196 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28dee',
    500: '#8b5ee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5ee5;
$custom-light: #b28dee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5ee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 72.193,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59659,
    "c": 0.19605,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5EE5

secondary

#D7E7B7

accent

#D41193

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5EE5

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

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