#8B5EE6#8B5EE6

#8B5EE6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.197 H 295.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5EE6
RGB	rgb(139, 94, 230)
HSL	hsl(260, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(260, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 59.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.93, 47.85, -62.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.93, 78.96, 307.30°)
OKLab	oklab(59.73% 0.0833 -0.1788)
OKLCH	oklch(59.73% 0.197 295)
XYZ	xyz(28.9293, 19.2069, 77.0307)
Luminance	0.1921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5EE6 #B9E65E

analogous

#5E75E6 #8B5EE6 #CF5EE6

triadic

#8B5EE6 #E68B5E #5EE68B

tetradic

#8B5EE6 #E65E75 #B9E65E #5EE6CF

square

#8B5EE6 #E65E75 #B9E65E #5EE6CF

split-complementary

#8B5EE6 #E6CF5E #75E65E

monochromatic

#4C1BAF #6529DE #8B5EE6 #B193EE #D7C8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#8B5EE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#8B5EE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5EE6

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5EE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5EE6	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B77E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#747C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5ee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 94, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.197 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28def',
    500: '#8b5ee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5ee6;
$custom-light: #b28def;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5ee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.853,
    "s": 73.118,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59727,
    "c": 0.19725,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.19208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5EE6

secondary

#D8E8B8

accent

#D51094

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5EE6

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

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