#8C5BF2#8C5BF2

#8C5BF2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.216 H 293.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C5BF2
RGB	rgb(140, 91, 242)
HSL	hsl(259, 85%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(259, 62%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 62.4%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.23, 52.82, -69.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.23, 86.94, 307.41°)
OKLab	oklab(60.23% 0.0872 -0.1971)
OKLCH	oklch(60.23% 0.216 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5790, 19.4676, 86.1337)
Luminance	0.1947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C5BF2 #C1F25B

analogous

#5B75F2 #8C5BF2 #D75BF2

triadic

#8C5BF2 #F28C5B #5BF28C

tetradic

#8C5BF2 #F25B75 #C1F25B #5BF2D7

square

#8C5BF2 #F25B75 #C1F25B #5BF2D7

split-complementary

#8C5BF2 #F2D75B #75F25B

monochromatic

#4A0FC3 #6422EE #8C5BF2 #B494F6 #DCCCFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#8C5BF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#8C5BF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C5BF2

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C5BF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C5BF2	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0077EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#707E9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c5bf2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 91, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.216 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48cf7',
    500: '#8c5bf2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c5bf2;
$custom-light: #b48cf7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c5bf2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.47,
    "s": 85.311,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60226,
    "c": 0.21555,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C5BF2

secondary

#DDEEBB

accent

#E2049A

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C5BF2

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

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