#8B5EF0#8B5EF0

#8B5EF0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.209 H 293.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5EF0
RGB	rgb(139, 94, 240)
HSL	hsl(258, 83%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(258, 61%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 60.8%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.59, 50.49, -67.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.59, 84.18, 306.86°)
OKLab	oklab(60.42% 0.0829 -0.1921)
OKLCH	oklch(60.42% 0.209 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.3741, 19.7848, 84.6397)
Luminance	0.1979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5EF0 #C3F05E

analogous

#5E7AF0 #8B5EF0 #D45EF0

triadic

#8B5EF0 #F08B5E #5EF08B

tetradic

#8B5EF0 #F05E7A #C3F05E #5EF0D4

square

#8B5EF0 #F05E7A #C3F05E #5EF0D4

split-complementary

#8B5EF0 #F0D45E #7AF05E

monochromatic

#4812C2 #6326EB #8B5EF0 #B396F5 #DCCEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#8B5EF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#8B5EF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5EF0

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5EF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5EF0	1.00	4.24	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DF5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0078ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F7F9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5ef0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 94, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.209 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38ef6',
    500: '#8b5ef0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5ef0;
$custom-light: #b38ef6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5ef0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.493,
    "s": 82.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60423,
    "c": 0.20925,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5EF0

secondary

#DEEDBC

accent

#DF069C

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5EF0

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

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