#8B5FEC#8B5FEC

#8B5FEC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.203 H 293.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5FEC
RGB	rgb(139, 95, 236)
HSL	hsl(259, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(259, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 59.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.53, 48.89, -65.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.53, 81.51, 306.86°)
OKLab	oklab(60.29% 0.082 -0.1859)
OKLCH	oklch(60.29% 0.203 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.8759, 19.7288, 81.5746)
Luminance	0.1973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5FEC #C0EC5F

analogous

#5F7AEC #8B5FEC #D15FEC

triadic

#8B5FEC #EC8B5F #5FEC8B

tetradic

#8B5FEC #EC5F7A #C0EC5F #5FECD1

square

#8B5FEC #EC5F7A #C0EC5F #5FECD1

split-complementary

#8B5FEC #ECD15F #7AEC5F

monochromatic

#4916BA #6328E6 #8B5FEC #B396F2 #DACCF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#8B5FEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#8B5FEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5FEC

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5FEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5FEC	1.00	4.25	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0778E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#717E9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5fec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 95, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.203 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38ef3',
    500: '#8b5fec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5fec;
$custom-light: #b38ef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5fec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.723,
    "s": 78.771,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60292,
    "c": 0.20313,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5FEC

secondary

#DCEBBB

accent

#DB0A9A

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5FEC

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

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