#8B5EE8#8B5EE8

#8B5EE8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.200 H 294.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5EE8
RGB	rgb(139, 94, 232)
HSL	hsl(260, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(260, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 59.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.06, 48.38, -63.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.06, 80.01, 307.20°)
OKLab	oklab(59.87% 0.0833 -0.1815)
OKLCH	oklch(59.87% 0.2 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2118, 19.3199, 78.5183)
Luminance	0.1932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5EE8 #BBE85E

analogous

#5E76E8 #8B5EE8 #D05EE8

triadic

#8B5EE8 #E88B5E #5EE88B

tetradic

#8B5EE8 #E85E76 #BBE85E #5EE8D0

square

#8B5EE8 #E85E76 #BBE85E #5EE8D0

split-complementary

#8B5EE8 #E8D05E #76E85E

monochromatic

#4B19B2 #6428E0 #8B5EE8 #B294F0 #D8C9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#8B5EE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#8B5EE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5EE8

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5EE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5EE8	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1477E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#737C9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5ee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 94, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.200 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28df0',
    500: '#8b5ee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5ee8;
$custom-light: #b28df0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5ee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.565,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59865,
    "c": 0.19966,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5EE8

secondary

#D9E9B9

accent

#D70E96

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C17

muted

#807D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5EE8

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

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