#8B5EF5#8B5EF5

#8B5EF5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.215 H 292.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5EF5
RGB	rgb(139, 94, 245)
HSL	hsl(258, 88%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(258, 62%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 61.6%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.93, 51.82, -69.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.93, 86.77, 306.67°)
OKLab	oklab(60.78% 0.0825 -0.1987)
OKLCH	oklch(60.78% 0.215 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1271, 20.0860, 88.6055)
Luminance	0.2009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5EF5 #C8F55E

analogous

#5E7DF5 #8B5EF5 #D75EF5

triadic

#8B5EF5 #F58B5E #5EF58B

tetradic

#8B5EF5 #F55E7D #C8F55E #5EF5D7

square

#8B5EF5 #F55E7D #C8F55E #5EF5D7

split-complementary

#8B5EF5 #F5D75E #7DF55E

monochromatic

#460DCC #6124F1 #8B5EF5 #B598F9 #DED1FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#8B5EF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#8B5EF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5EF5

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5EF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5EF5	1.00	4.19	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EFA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0079F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D81A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5ef5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 94, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.215 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48ef9',
    500: '#8b5ef5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5ef5;
$custom-light: #b48ef9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5ef5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.881,
    "s": 88.304,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6078,
    "c": 0.21519,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5EF5

secondary

#E1F0BF

accent

#E501A1

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5EF5

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

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