#8B5FCE#8B5FCE

#8B5FCE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.166 H 299.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5FCE
RGB	rgb(139, 95, 206)
HSL	hsl(264, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(264, 54%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 53.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.65, 41.08, -51.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.65, 65.68, 308.72°)
OKLab	oklab(58.31% 0.082 -0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(58.31% 0.166 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.8776, 18.1294, 60.5165)
Luminance	0.1813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5FCE #A2CE5F

analogous

#5F6BCE #8B5FCE #C35FCE

triadic

#8B5FCE #CE8B5F #5FCE8B

tetradic

#8B5FCE #CE5F6B #A2CE5F #5FCEC3

square

#8B5FCE #CE5F6B #A2CE5F #5FCEC3

split-complementary

#8B5FCE #CEC35F #6BCE5F

monochromatic

#4F2A89 #6B38B8 #8B5FCE #AD8EDC #CFBDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#8B5FCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#8B5FCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5FCE

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5FCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5FCE	1.00	4.54	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3376D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4175CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D758D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5fce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 95, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.166 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08edd',
    500: '#8b5fce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5fce;
$custom-light: #b08edd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5fce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.784,
    "s": 53.11,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58313,
    "c": 0.16641,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5FCE

secondary

#C9DAAF

accent

#DD4BA3

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5FCE

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

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