#8B5FDF#8B5FDF

#8B5FDF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.187 H 296.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5FDF
RGB	rgb(139, 95, 223)
HSL	hsl(261, 67%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(261, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 57.4%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.69, 45.46, -59.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.69, 74.69, 307.50°)
OKLab	oklab(59.41% 0.0823 -0.1683)
OKLCH	oklch(59.41% 0.187 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.0555, 19.0006, 71.9871)
Luminance	0.1900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5FDF #B3DF5F

analogous

#5F73DF #8B5FDF #CB5FDF

triadic

#8B5FDF #DF8B5F #5FDF8B

tetradic

#8B5FDF #DF5F73 #B3DF5F #5FDFCB

square

#8B5FDF #DF5F73 #B3DF5F #5FDFCB

split-complementary

#8B5FDF #DFCB5F #73DF5F

monochromatic

#4D21A3 #662CD5 #8B5FDF #B092E9 #D5C5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#8B5FDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#8B5FDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5FDF

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5FDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5FDF	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1779E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C77DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#777A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5fdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 95, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.187 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28eea',
    500: '#8b5fdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5fdf;
$custom-light: #b28eea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5fdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.625,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59408,
    "c": 0.18736,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5FDF

secondary

#D4E4B6

accent

#CF178F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5FDF

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

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