#8B68EE#8B68EE

#8B68EE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.193 H 291.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B68EE
RGB	rgb(139, 104, 238)
HSL	hsl(256, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(256, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 56.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.56, 44.45, -63.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.56, 77.15, 305.18°)
OKLab	oklab(61.82% 0.0718 -0.1795)
OKLCH	oklch(61.82% 0.193 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.0262, 21.5617, 83.3995)
Luminance	0.2156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B68EE #CBEE68

analogous

#6888EE #8B68EE #CE68EE

triadic

#8B68EE #EE8B68 #68EE8B

tetradic

#8B68EE #EE6888 #CBEE68 #68EECE

square

#8B68EE #EE6888 #CBEE68 #68EECE

split-complementary

#8B68EE #EECE68 #88EE68

monochromatic

#4416C5 #6131E8 #8B68EE #B59FF4 #E0D6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#8B68EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#8B68EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B68EE

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B68EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B68EE	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1982F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#267DEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7085A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b68ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 104, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.193 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b394f4',
    500: '#8b68ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b68ee;
$custom-light: #b394f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b68ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.672,
    "s": 79.762,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61822,
    "c": 0.19332,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B68EE

secondary

#E3EEC4

accent

#DC09A5

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F1FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#110D17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B68EE

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

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