#8B5FE7#8B5FE7

#8B5FE7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.197 H 294.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5FE7
RGB	rgb(139, 95, 231)
HSL	hsl(259, 74%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(259, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 58.9%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.20, 47.57, -62.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.20, 78.89, 307.08°)
OKLab	oklab(59.95% 0.0822 -0.1792)
OKLCH	oklch(59.95% 0.197 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1597, 19.4422, 77.8022)
Luminance	0.1944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5FE7 #BBE75F

analogous

#5F77E7 #8B5FE7 #CF5FE7

triadic

#8B5FE7 #E78B5F #5FE78B

tetradic

#8B5FE7 #E75F77 #BBE75F #5FE7CF

square

#8B5FE7 #E75F77 #BBE75F #5FE7CF

split-complementary

#8B5FE7 #E7CF5F #77E75F

monochromatic

#4B1BB1 #642ADF #8B5FE7 #B294EF #D8C9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#8B5FE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#8B5FE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5FE7

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5FE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5FE7	1.00	4.30	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B78E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#737D9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5fe7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 95, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.197 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28eef',
    500: '#8b5fe7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5fe7;
$custom-light: #b28eef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5fe7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.412,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59947,
    "c": 0.1971,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5FE7

secondary

#D9E9B9

accent

#D60F96

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C17

muted

#807D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5FE7

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

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