#8B68E2#8B68E2

#8B68E2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.178 H 293.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B68E2
RGB	rgb(139, 104, 226)
HSL	hsl(257, 68%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(257, 54%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 54%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.82, 41.22, -57.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.82, 70.77, 305.62°)
OKLab	oklab(61.04% 0.0715 -0.1632)
OKLCH	oklch(61.04% 0.178 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.3216, 20.8799, 74.4221)
Luminance	0.2088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B68E2 #BFE268

analogous

#6882E2 #8B68E2 #C868E2

triadic

#8B68E2 #E28B68 #68E28B

tetradic

#8B68E2 #E26882 #BFE268 #68E2C8

square

#8B68E2 #E26882 #BFE268 #68E2C8

split-complementary

#8B68E2 #E2C868 #82E268

monochromatic

#4A21AE #6435D8 #8B68E2 #B29BEC #DACFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#8B68E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#8B68E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B68E2

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B68E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B68E2	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#307FE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#397CDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75819B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b68e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 104, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.178 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b194ec',
    500: '#8b68e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b68e2;
$custom-light: #b194ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b68e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.213,
    "s": 67.778,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61037,
    "c": 0.17822,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B68E2

secondary

#DCE8BE

accent

#D0169A

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F1FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B68E2

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

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