#8B5FFD#8B5FFD

#8B5FFD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.223 H 291.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5FFD
RGB	rgb(139, 95, 253)
HSL	hsl(257, 98%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(257, 62%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 62.5%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.69, 53.43, -72.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.69, 90.32, 306.27°)
OKLab	oklab(61.5% 0.0809 -0.2082)
OKLCH	oklch(61.5% 0.223 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4643, 20.7641, 95.2068)
Luminance	0.2077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5FFD #D1FD5F

analogous

#5F82FD #8B5FFD #DA5FFD

triadic

#8B5FFD #FD8B5F #5FFD8B

tetradic

#8B5FFD #FD5F82 #D1FD5F #5FFDDA

square

#8B5FFD #FD5F82 #D1FD5F #5FFDDA

split-complementary

#8B5FFD #FDDA5F #82FD5F

monochromatic

#4003DF #5F23FC #8B5FFD #B79BFE #E3D8FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#8B5FFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#8B5FFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5FFD

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5FFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5FFD	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0080FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#007AFA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6884A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5ffd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 95, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.223 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b58eff',
    500: '#8b5ffd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5ffd;
$custom-light: #b58eff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5ffd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.709,
    "s": 97.531,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61504,
    "c": 0.22336,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5FFD

secondary

#E7F4C4

accent

#E600A6

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C18

muted

#817D86

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5FFD

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

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