#8B5FF2#8B5FF2

#8B5FF2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.210 H 292.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5FF2
RGB	rgb(139, 95, 242)
HSL	hsl(258, 85%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(258, 61%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 60.7%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.93, 50.48, -67.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.93, 84.63, 306.62°)
OKLab	oklab(60.71% 0.0817 -0.1938)
OKLCH	oklch(60.71% 0.21 292.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.7623, 20.0833, 86.2428)
Luminance	0.2008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5FF2 #C6F25F

analogous

#5F7CF2 #8B5FF2 #D45FF2

triadic

#8B5FF2 #F28B5F #5FF28B

tetradic

#8B5FF2 #F25F7C #C6F25F #5FF2D4

square

#8B5FF2 #F25F7C #C6F25F #5FF2D4

split-complementary

#8B5FF2 #F2D45F #7CF25F

monochromatic

#4710C6 #6226ED #8B5FF2 #B498F7 #DDD0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#8B5FF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#8B5FF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5FF2

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5FF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5FF2	1.00	4.19	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EF7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0079EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E80A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5ff2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 95, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.210 292.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38ef7',
    500: '#8b5ff2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5ff2;
$custom-light: #b38ef7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5ff2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.959,
    "s": 84.971,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60712,
    "c": 0.21032,
    "h": 292.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5FF2

secondary

#E0EFBE

accent

#E1049F

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5FF2

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

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