#8C5CEB#8C5CEB

#8C5CEB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.206 H 294.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C5CEB
RGB	rgb(140, 92, 235)
HSL	hsl(260, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(260, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 60.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.95, 50.46, -65.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.95, 82.75, 307.57°)
OKLab	oklab(59.87% 0.0866 -0.1869)
OKLCH	oklch(59.87% 0.206 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.6338, 19.2272, 80.7311)
Luminance	0.1923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C5CEB #BBEB5C

analogous

#5C74EB #8C5CEB #D45CEB

triadic

#8C5CEB #EB8C5C #5CEB8C

tetradic

#8C5CEB #EB5C74 #BBEB5C #5CEBD4

square

#8C5CEB #EB5C74 #BBEB5C #5CEBD4

split-complementary

#8C5CEB #EBD45C #74EB5C

monochromatic

#4C16B6 #6625E4 #8C5CEB #B293F2 #D9C9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#8C5CEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#8C5CEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C5CEB

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C5CEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C5CEB	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0077E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#737C9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c5ceb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 92, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.206 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48cf2',
    500: '#8c5ceb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c5ceb;
$custom-light: #b48cf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c5ceb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.14,
    "s": 78.142,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59873,
    "c": 0.206,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C5CEB

secondary

#DAEAB8

accent

#DA0B95

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C5CEB

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

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