#8B5EEE#8B5EEE

#8B5EEE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.207 H 293.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5EEE
RGB	rgb(139, 94, 238)
HSL	hsl(259, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(259, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 60.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.46, 49.96, -66.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.46, 83.14, 306.94°)
OKLab	oklab(60.28% 0.083 -0.1895)
OKLCH	oklch(60.28% 0.207 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0786, 19.6666, 83.0836)
Luminance	0.1967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5EEE #C1EE5E

analogous

#5E79EE #8B5EEE #D35EEE

triadic

#8B5EEE #EE8B5E #5EEE8B

tetradic

#8B5EEE #EE5E79 #C1EE5E #5EEED3

square

#8B5EEE #EE5E79 #C1EE5E #5EEED3

split-complementary

#8B5EEE #EED35E #79EE5E

monochromatic

#4914BE #6327E8 #8B5EEE #B395F4 #DBCDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#8B5EEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#8B5EEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5EEE

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5EEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5EEE	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0078EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#707E9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5eee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 94, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.207 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38ef4',
    500: '#8b5eee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5eee;
$custom-light: #b38ef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5eee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.75,
    "s": 80.899,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60282,
    "c": 0.20686,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5EEE

secondary

#DDECBB

accent

#DD089B

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5EEE

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

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