#8B5FE8#8B5FE8

#8B5FE8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.198 H 294.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5FE8
RGB	rgb(139, 95, 232)
HSL	hsl(259, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(259, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 59.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.27, 47.83, -63.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.27, 79.42, 307.03°)
OKLab	oklab(60.02% 0.0821 -0.1805)
OKLCH	oklch(60.02% 0.198 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3013, 19.4989, 78.5482)
Luminance	0.1950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5FE8 #BCE85F

analogous

#5F78E8 #8B5FE8 #D05FE8

triadic

#8B5FE8 #E88B5F #5FE88B

tetradic

#8B5FE8 #E85F78 #BCE85F #5FE8D0

square

#8B5FE8 #E85F78 #BCE85F #5FE8D0

split-complementary

#8B5FE8 #E8D05F #78E85F

monochromatic

#4B1AB3 #6429E0 #8B5FE8 #B295F0 #D9CAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#8B5FE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#8B5FE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5FE8

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5FE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5FE8	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1878E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#737D9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5fe8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 95, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.198 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28ef0',
    500: '#8b5fe8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5fe8;
$custom-light: #b28ef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5fe8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.27,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60016,
    "c": 0.1983,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5FE8

secondary

#DAE9BA

accent

#D70E97

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C17

muted

#807D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5FE8

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

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