#8B5FF7#8B5FF7

#8B5FF7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.216 H 292.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5FF7
RGB	rgb(139, 95, 247)
HSL	hsl(257, 90%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(257, 62%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 61.5%, 0%, 3.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.27, 51.82, -70.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.27, 87.22, 306.45°)
OKLab	oklab(61.07% 0.0813 -0.2004)
OKLCH	oklch(61.07% 0.216 292.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.5235, 20.3878, 90.2520)
Luminance	0.2039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5FF7 #CBF75F

analogous

#5F7FF7 #8B5FF7 #D75FF7

triadic

#8B5FF7 #F78B5F #5FF78B

tetradic

#8B5FF7 #F75F7F #CBF75F #5FF7D7

square

#8B5FF7 #F75F7F #CBF75F #5FF7D7

split-complementary

#8B5FF7 #F7D75F #7FF75F

monochromatic

#440AD1 #6125F4 #8B5FF7 #B599FA #E0D4FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#8B5FF7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#8B5FF7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5FF7

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5FF7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5FF7	1.00	4.14	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007FFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#007AF4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C82A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5ff7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 95, 247);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.216 292.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48efb',
    500: '#8b5ff7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5ff7;
$custom-light: #b48efb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5ff7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 247
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.368,
    "s": 90.476,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61069,
    "c": 0.21627,
    "h": 292.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5FF7

secondary

#E3F1C1

accent

#E600A3

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5FF7

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

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