#8B5FEF#8B5FEF

#8B5FEF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.207 H 293.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5FEF
RGB	rgb(139, 95, 239)
HSL	hsl(258, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(258, 60%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 60.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.73, 49.69, -66.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.73, 83.07, 306.73°)
OKLab	oklab(60.5% 0.0818 -0.1898)
OKLCH	oklch(60.5% 0.207 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.3154, 19.9046, 83.8893)
Luminance	0.1991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5FEF #C3EF5F

analogous

#5F7BEF #8B5FEF #D35FEF

triadic

#8B5FEF #EF8B5F #5FEF8B

tetradic

#8B5FEF #EF5F7B #C3EF5F #5FEFD3

square

#8B5FEF #EF5F7B #C3EF5F #5FEFD3

split-complementary

#8B5FEF #EFD35F #7BEF5F

monochromatic

#4813C0 #6327E9 #8B5FEF #B397F5 #DCCEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#8B5FEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#8B5FEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5FEF

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5FEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5FEF	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0079EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#707F9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5fef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 95, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.207 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38ef5',
    500: '#8b5fef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5fef;
$custom-light: #b38ef5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5fef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.333,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60501,
    "c": 0.20673,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5FEF

secondary

#DEEDBD

accent

#DE079D

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5FEF

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

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