#8B60B5#8B60B5

#8B60B5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.133 H 305.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B60B5
RGB	rgb(139, 96, 181)
HSL	hsl(270, 36%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 47%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 47%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.50, 34.32, -38.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.50, 51.69, 311.61°)
OKLab	oklab(57.01% 0.0783 -0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(57.01% 0.133 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.1691, 17.1911, 45.8047)
Luminance	0.1719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B60B5 #8AB560

analogous

#6160B5 #8B60B5 #B560B5

triadic

#8B60B5 #B58B60 #60B58B

tetradic

#8B60B5 #B56160 #8AB560 #60B5B5

square

#8B60B5 #B56160 #8AB560 #60B5B5

split-complementary

#8B60B5 #B5B560 #60B561

monochromatic

#4E316A #6C4593 #8B60B5 #A98AC8 #C8B4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#8B60B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#8B60B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B60B5

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B60B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B60B5	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A72B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5573B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#846E82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b60b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 96, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.133 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8ecb',
    500: '#8b60b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b60b5;
$custom-light: #af8ecb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b60b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.353,
    "s": 36.481,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5701,
    "c": 0.13345,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B60B5

secondary

#B8CAA6

accent

#CC5B93

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5F0F8

border

#CFCBD1

text

#100C13

muted

#7F7D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B60B5

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

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