#8B60E6#8B60E6

#8B60E6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.195 H 294.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B60E6
RGB	rgb(139, 96, 230)
HSL	hsl(259, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(259, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 58.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.34, 46.75, -62.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.34, 77.77, 306.95°)
OKLab	oklab(60.03% 0.081 -0.1768)
OKLCH	oklch(60.03% 0.195 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1095, 19.5672, 77.0907)
Luminance	0.1957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B60E6 #BBE660

analogous

#6078E6 #8B60E6 #CE60E6

triadic

#8B60E6 #E68B60 #60E68B

tetradic

#8B60E6 #E66078 #BBE660 #60E6CE

square

#8B60E6 #E66078 #BBE660 #60E6CE

split-complementary

#8B60E6 #E6CE60 #78E660

monochromatic

#4B1CB0 #642BDE #8B60E6 #B295EE #D8CAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#8B60E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#8B60E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B60E6

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B60E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B60E6	1.00	4.27	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#017CEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2178E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#747D9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b60e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 96, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.195 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28fef',
    500: '#8b60e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b60e6;
$custom-light: #b28fef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b60e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.254,
    "s": 72.826,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60032,
    "c": 0.1945,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B60E6

secondary

#D9E8B9

accent

#D51196

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B60E6

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

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