#8C5BEF#8C5BEF

#8C5BEF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.212 H 294.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C5BEF
RGB	rgb(140, 91, 239)
HSL	hsl(260, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(260, 62%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 61.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.02, 52.04, -67.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.02, 85.40, 307.54°)
OKLab	oklab(60.01% 0.0875 -0.1932)
OKLCH	oklch(60.01% 0.212 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.1321, 19.2889, 83.7802)
Luminance	0.1929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C5BEF #BEEF5B

analogous

#5B74EF #8C5BEF #D65BEF

triadic

#8C5BEF #EF8C5B #5BEF8C

tetradic

#8C5BEF #EF5B74 #BEEF5B #5BEFD6

square

#8C5BEF #EF5B74 #BEEF5B #5BEFD6

split-complementary

#8C5BEF #EFD65B #74EF5B

monochromatic

#4B12BD #6523EA #8C5BEF #B393F4 #DACBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#8C5BEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#8C5BEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C5BEF

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C5BEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C5BEF	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0077EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#727D9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c5bef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 91, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.212 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48cf5',
    500: '#8c5bef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c5bef;
$custom-light: #b48cf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c5bef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.865,
    "s": 82.222,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60011,
    "c": 0.21204,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C5BEF

secondary

#DBECBA

accent

#DF0797

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C5BEF

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

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