#8B5FEE#8B5FEE

#8B5FEE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.206 H 293.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5FEE
RGB	rgb(139, 95, 238)
HSL	hsl(258, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(258, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 60.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.66, 49.42, -66.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.66, 82.55, 306.77°)
OKLab	oklab(60.43% 0.0819 -0.1885)
OKLCH	oklch(60.43% 0.206 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1681, 19.8456, 83.1134)
Luminance	0.1985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5FEE #C2EE5F

analogous

#5F7AEE #8B5FEE #D35FEE

triadic

#8B5FEE #EE8B5F #5FEE8B

tetradic

#8B5FEE #EE5F7A #C2EE5F #5FEED3

square

#8B5FEE #EE5F7A #C2EE5F #5FEED3

split-complementary

#8B5FEE #EED35F #7AEE5F

monochromatic

#4914BE #6328E8 #8B5FEE #B396F4 #DBCEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#8B5FEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#8B5FEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5FEE

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5FEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5FEE	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0079EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#707F9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5fee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 95, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.206 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38ef4',
    500: '#8b5fee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5fee;
$custom-light: #b38ef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5fee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.462,
    "s": 80.791,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60431,
    "c": 0.20553,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5FEE

secondary

#DEECBC

accent

#DD089C

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5FEE

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

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