#8B5EEC#8B5EEC

#8B5EEC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.204 H 294.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5EEC
RGB	rgb(139, 94, 236)
HSL	hsl(259, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(259, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 60.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.32, 49.43, -65.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.32, 82.10, 307.02°)
OKLab	oklab(60.14% 0.0831 -0.1868)
OKLCH	oklch(60.14% 0.204 294)
XYZ	xyz(29.7864, 19.5498, 81.5447)
Luminance	0.1955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5EEC #BFEC5E

analogous

#5E78EC #8B5EEC #D25EEC

triadic

#8B5EEC #EC8B5E #5EEC8B

tetradic

#8B5EEC #EC5E78 #BFEC5E #5EECD2

square

#8B5EEC #EC5E78 #BFEC5E #5EECD2

split-complementary

#8B5EEC #ECD25E #78EC5E

monochromatic

#4A16BA #6427E6 #8B5EEC #B295F2 #DACBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#8B5EEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#8B5EEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5EEC

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5EEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5EEC	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0078E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#717E9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5eec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 94, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.204 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38df3',
    500: '#8b5eec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5eec;
$custom-light: #b38df3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5eec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.014,
    "s": 78.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60142,
    "c": 0.20447,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.19551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5EEC

secondary

#DCEBBB

accent

#DB0A99

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5EEC

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

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