#8B5EEF#8B5EEF

#8B5EEF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.208 H 293.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5EEF
RGB	rgb(139, 94, 239)
HSL	hsl(259, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(259, 61%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 60.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.53, 50.23, -66.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.53, 83.66, 306.90°)
OKLab	oklab(60.35% 0.0829 -0.1908)
OKLCH	oklch(60.35% 0.208 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.2259, 19.7256, 83.8595)
Luminance	0.1973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5EEF #C2EF5E

analogous

#5E79EF #8B5EEF #D45EEF

triadic

#8B5EEF #EF8B5E #5EEF8B

tetradic

#8B5EEF #EF5E79 #C2EF5E #5EEFD4

square

#8B5EEF #EF5E79 #C2EF5E #5EEFD4

split-complementary

#8B5EEF #EFD45E #79EF5E

monochromatic

#4913C0 #6326E9 #8B5EEF #B396F5 #DBCDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#8B5EEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#8B5EEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5EEF

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5EEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5EEF	1.00	4.25	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0078EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#707F9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5eef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 94, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.208 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38ef5',
    500: '#8b5eef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5eef;
$custom-light: #b38ef5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5eef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.621,
    "s": 81.921,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60353,
    "c": 0.20805,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5EEF

secondary

#DEEDBC

accent

#DE079C

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5EEF

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

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