#8B5FED#8B5FED

#8B5FED is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.204 H 293.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5FED
RGB	rgb(139, 95, 237)
HSL	hsl(259, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(259, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 59.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.60, 49.15, -65.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.60, 82.03, 306.81°)
OKLab	oklab(60.36% 0.0819 -0.1872)
OKLCH	oklch(60.36% 0.204 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0216, 19.7870, 82.3419)
Luminance	0.1979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5FED #C1ED5F

analogous

#5F7AED #8B5FED #D25FED

triadic

#8B5FED #ED8B5F #5FED8B

tetradic

#8B5FED #ED5F7A #C1ED5F #5FEDD2

square

#8B5FED #ED5F7A #C1ED5F #5FEDD2

split-complementary

#8B5FED #EDD25F #7AED5F

monochromatic

#4915BC #6328E7 #8B5FED #B396F3 #DBCDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#8B5FED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#8B5FED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5FED

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5FED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5FED	1.00	4.24	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0178EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#717F9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5fed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 95, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.204 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38ef4',
    500: '#8b5fed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5fed;
$custom-light: #b38ef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5fed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.592,
    "s": 79.775,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60361,
    "c": 0.20433,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5FED

secondary

#DDECBC

accent

#DC099B

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5FED

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

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