#8B5FE1#8B5FE1

#8B5FE1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.190 H 295.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5FE1
RGB	rgb(139, 95, 225)
HSL	hsl(260, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(260, 58%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.2%, 57.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.81, 45.99, -60.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.81, 75.74, 307.39°)
OKLab	oklab(59.54% 0.0823 -0.171)
OKLCH	oklch(59.54% 0.19 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.3268, 19.1091, 73.4156)
Luminance	0.1911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5FE1 #B5E15F

analogous

#5F74E1 #8B5FE1 #CC5FE1

triadic

#8B5FE1 #E18B5F #5FE18B

tetradic

#8B5FE1 #E15F74 #B5E15F #5FE1CC

square

#8B5FE1 #E15F74 #B5E15F #5FE1CC

split-complementary

#8B5FE1 #E1CC5F #74E15F

monochromatic

#4D1FA6 #662BD7 #8B5FE1 #B093EB #D6C6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#8B5FE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#8B5FE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5FE1

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5FE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5FE1	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#117AE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2877DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5fe1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 95, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.190 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28eeb',
    500: '#8b5fe1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5fe1;
$custom-light: #b28eeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5fe1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.308,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59541,
    "c": 0.1898,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5FE1

secondary

#D5E5B6

accent

#D01591

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5FE1

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

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