#8C5BF5#8C5BF5

#8C5BF5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.219 H 293.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C5BF5
RGB	rgb(140, 91, 245)
HSL	hsl(259, 89%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(259, 63%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 62.9%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.44, 53.61, -70.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.44, 88.49, 307.29°)
OKLab	oklab(60.44% 0.087 -0.201)
OKLCH	oklch(60.44% 0.219 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.0333, 19.6493, 88.5261)
Luminance	0.1965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C5BF5 #C4F55B

analogous

#5B77F5 #8C5BF5 #D95BF5

triadic

#8C5BF5 #F58C5B #5BF58C

tetradic

#8C5BF5 #F55B77 #C4F55B #5BF5D9

square

#8C5BF5 #F55B77 #C4F55B #5BF5D9

split-complementary

#8C5BF5 #F5D95B #77F55B

monochromatic

#480CC9 #6421F1 #8C5BF5 #B495F9 #DDCEFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#8C5BF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#8C5BF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C5BF5

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C5BF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C5BF5	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CFA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0078F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F7FA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c5bf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 91, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.219 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b58cf9',
    500: '#8c5bf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c5bf5;
$custom-light: #b58cf9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c5bf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.091,
    "s": 88.506,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60443,
    "c": 0.21906,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C5BF5

secondary

#DFEFBC

accent

#E5009C

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C5BF5

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

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