#8B5FD3#8B5FD3

#8B5FD3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.173 H 298.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5FD3
RGB	rgb(139, 95, 211)
HSL	hsl(263, 57%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(263, 55%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 55%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.95, 42.36, -53.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.95, 68.33, 308.30°)
OKLab	oklab(58.63% 0.0822 -0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(58.63% 0.173 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.4947, 18.3762, 63.7665)
Luminance	0.1838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5FD3 #A7D35F

analogous

#5F6DD3 #8B5FD3 #C55FD3

triadic

#8B5FD3 #D38B5F #5FD38B

tetradic

#8B5FD3 #D35F6D #A7D35F #5FD3C5

square

#8B5FD3 #D35F6D #A7D35F #5FD3C5

split-complementary

#8B5FD3 #D3C55F #6DD35F

monochromatic

#4F2890 #6A35C0 #8B5FD3 #AE8FE0 #D1BFED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#8B5FD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#8B5FD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5FD3

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5FD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5FD3	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D77D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C76D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B7690

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5fd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 95, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.173 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18ee1',
    500: '#8b5fd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5fd3;
$custom-light: #b18ee1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5fd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.759,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58627,
    "c": 0.1726,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5FD3

secondary

#CCDDB1

accent

#E048A6

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5FD3

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

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