#8B5EF2#8B5EF2

#8B5EF2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.212 H 293.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5EF2
RGB	rgb(139, 94, 242)
HSL	hsl(258, 85%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(258, 61%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 61.2%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.73, 51.02, -68.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.73, 85.22, 306.78°)
OKLab	oklab(60.57% 0.0827 -0.1948)
OKLCH	oklch(60.57% 0.212 293)
XYZ	xyz(30.6728, 19.9043, 86.2130)
Luminance	0.1991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5EF2 #C5F25E

analogous

#5E7BF2 #8B5EF2 #D55EF2

triadic

#8B5EF2 #F28B5E #5EF28B

tetradic

#8B5EF2 #F25E7B #C5F25E #5EF2D5

square

#8B5EF2 #F25E7B #C5F25E #5EF2D5

split-complementary

#8B5EF2 #F2D55E #7BF25E

monochromatic

#4710C6 #6225ED #8B5EF2 #B497F7 #DDCFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#8B5EF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#8B5EF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5EF2

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5EF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5EF2	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DF7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0079EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E809F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5ef2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 94, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.212 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38ef7',
    500: '#8b5ef2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5ef2;
$custom-light: #b38ef7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5ef2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.243,
    "s": 85.057,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60565,
    "c": 0.21162,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.19905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5EF2

secondary

#DFEEBD

accent

#E2049E

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5EF2

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

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