#8B5EEA#8B5EEA

#8B5EEA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.202 H 294.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5EEA
RGB	rgb(139, 94, 234)
HSL	hsl(259, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(259, 60%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 59.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.19, 48.90, -64.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.19, 81.06, 307.11°)
OKLab	oklab(60% 0.0832 -0.1842)
OKLCH	oklch(60% 0.202 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.4975, 19.4342, 80.0230)
Luminance	0.1943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5EEA #BDEA5E

analogous

#5E77EA #8B5EEA #D15EEA

triadic

#8B5EEA #EA8B5E #5EEA8B

tetradic

#8B5EEA #EA5E77 #BDEA5E #5EEAD1

square

#8B5EEA #EA5E77 #BDEA5E #5EEAD1

split-complementary

#8B5EEA #EAD15E #77EA5E

monochromatic

#4B18B6 #6428E3 #8B5EEA #B294F1 #D9CAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#8B5EEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#8B5EEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5EEA

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5EEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5EEA	1.00	4.30	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C78E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#727D9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5eea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 94, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.202 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38df2',
    500: '#8b5eea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5eea;
$custom-light: #b38df2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5eea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.286,
    "s": 76.923,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60003,
    "c": 0.20207,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5EEA

secondary

#DBEABA

accent

#D90C97

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5EEA

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

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