#8B5FFE#8B5FFE

#8B5FFE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.225 H 291.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5FFE
RGB	rgb(139, 95, 254)
HSL	hsl(257, 99%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(257, 63%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.3%, 62.6%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.76, 53.70, -73.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.76, 90.83, 306.24°)
OKLab	oklab(61.58% 0.0808 -0.2095)
OKLCH	oklch(61.58% 0.225 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.6241, 20.8280, 96.0480)
Luminance	0.2083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5FFE #D2FE5F

analogous

#5F82FE #8B5FFE #DB5FFE

triadic

#8B5FFE #FE8B5F #5FFE8B

tetradic

#8B5FFE #FE5F82 #D2FE5F #5FFEDB

square

#8B5FFE #FE5F82 #D2FE5F #5FFEDB

split-complementary

#8B5FFE #FEDB5F #82FE5F

monochromatic

#3F01E1 #5F22FE #8B5FFE #B79CFE #E3D9FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#8B5FFE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#8B5FFE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5FFE

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5FFE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5FFE	1.00	4.07	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0081FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#007AFB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6884A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5ffe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 95, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.225 291.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b58fff',
    500: '#8b5ffe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5ffe;
$custom-light: #b58fff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5ffe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.604,
    "s": 98.758,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61577,
    "c": 0.22453,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5FFE

secondary

#E7F4C4

accent

#E600A6

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C18

muted

#817D86

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5FFE

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

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