#8B5EED#8B5EED

#8B5EED is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.206 H 293.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5EED
RGB	rgb(139, 94, 237)
HSL	hsl(259, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(259, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 60.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.39, 49.70, -66.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.39, 82.62, 306.98°)
OKLab	oklab(60.21% 0.083 -0.1882)
OKLCH	oklch(60.21% 0.206 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.9321, 19.6080, 82.3120)
Luminance	0.1961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5EED #C0ED5E

analogous

#5E79ED #8B5EED #D25EED

triadic

#8B5EED #ED8B5E #5EED8B

tetradic

#8B5EED #ED5E79 #C0ED5E #5EEDD2

square

#8B5EED #ED5E79 #C0ED5E #5EEDD2

split-complementary

#8B5EED #EDD25E #79ED5E

monochromatic

#4915BC #6327E7 #8B5EED #B395F3 #DACCF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#8B5EED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#8B5EED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5EED

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5EED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5EED	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0078EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#717E9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5eed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 94, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.206 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38ef4',
    500: '#8b5eed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5eed;
$custom-light: #b38ef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5eed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.881,
    "s": 79.888,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60212,
    "c": 0.20566,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5EED

secondary

#DCECBB

accent

#DC099A

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5EED

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

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