#8B5EF3#8B5EF3
#8B5EF3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.213 H 292.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #8B5EF3 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(139, 94, 243) |
| HSL | hsl(258, 86%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(258, 61%, 95%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(42.8%, 61.3%, 0%, 4.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(51.80, 51.29, -68.70) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(51.80, 85.74, 306.74°) |
| OKLab | oklab(60.64% 0.0827 -0.1961) |
| OKLCH | oklch(60.64% 0.213 292.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(30.8234, 19.9645, 87.0062) |
| Luminance | 0.1996 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | cool |
| Family | violet |
Closest named colors
Purpley
#8756E4
ΔE00 3.28
Mediumslateblue
#7B68EE
ΔE00 3.90
Lighter Purple
#A55AF4
ΔE00 4.56
Lightish Purple
#A552E6
ΔE00 5.71
Mediumpurple
#9370DB
ΔE00 6.21
Light Indigo
#6D5ACF
ΔE00 7.44
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#8B5EF3 #C6F35E
analogous
#5E7BF3 #8B5EF3 #D55EF3
triadic
#8B5EF3 #F38B5E #5EF38B
tetradic
#8B5EF3 #F35E7B #C6F35E #5EF3D5
square
#8B5EF3 #F35E7B #C6F35E #5EF3D5
split-complementary
#8B5EF3 #F3D55E #7BF35E
monochromatic
#470FC8 #6225EF #8B5EF3 #B497F7 #DDD0FB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
4.21
#8B5EF3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
4.99
#8B5EF3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #8B5EF3
4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##8B5EF3 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##8B5EF3 | 1.00 | 4.21 | 4.99 | 4.99 |
| #FFFFFF | 4.21 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 4.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 4.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#007DF8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0079F0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#6E80A0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7B7B7B
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #8b5ef3; /* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 94, 243); /* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.213 292.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#b48ef8',
500: '#8b5ef3',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #8b5ef3; $custom-light: #b48ef8; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#8b5ef3",
"rgb": {
"r": 139,
"g": 94,
"b": 243
},
"hsl": {
"h": 258.121,
"s": 86.127,
"l": 66.078
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.60636,
"c": 0.21281,
"h": 292.9
},
"luminance": 0.19965
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#8B5EF3
secondary
#E0EFBE
accent
#E3039F
background
#FBF8FF
surface
#F6F0FF
border
#D0CBD7
text
#120C17
muted
#817D85