#8B5FA2#8B5FA2

#8B5FA2 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.112 H 313.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5FA2
RGB	rgb(139, 95, 162)
HSL	hsl(279, 26%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(279, 41%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 41.4%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.34, 30.48, -29.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.34, 42.31, 316.10°)
OKLab	oklab(55.84% 0.0765 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(55.84% 0.112 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.2602, 16.2825, 36.1983)
Luminance	0.1628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5FA2 #76A25F

analogous

#695FA2 #8B5FA2 #A25F97

triadic

#8B5FA2 #A28B5F #5FA28B

tetradic

#8B5FA2 #A2695F #76A25F #5F97A2

square

#8B5FA2 #A2695F #76A25F #5F97A2

split-complementary

#8B5FA2 #97A25F #5FA269

monochromatic

#493155 #6A487C #8B5FA2 #A786B8 #C3ACCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#8B5FA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#8B5FA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5FA2

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5FA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5FA2	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#536EA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E71A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#896879

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5fa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 95, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.112 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8dbe',
    500: '#8b5fa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5fa2;
$custom-light: #ae8dbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5fa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.403,
    "s": 26.482,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55839,
    "c": 0.1115,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5FA2

secondary

#AABD9F

accent

#C36585

background

#FAF8FB

surface

#F4F0F6

border

#CECBD0

text

#100C12

muted

#7F7D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5FA2

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

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