#8B60DF colour

#8B60DF is a violet close to CSS mediumslateblue: RGB 139, 96, 223, HSL 260, 66%, 63%. Black text passes AA (4.84:1). Tints, shades and colour harmonies.

#8B60DF

Nearest CSS name: mediumslateblue #7b68ee (not an exact match)
Described as: a violet
Red, green, blue: 139, 96, 223
Web safe: No
Luminance: 0.1918 (WCAG relative luminance, 0 is black, 1 is white)

Colour codes

HEX	`#8b60df`
RGB	`rgb(139, 96, 223)`
RGB (percent)	`rgb(54.5% 37.6% 87.5%)`
HSL	`hsl(260.3, 66.5%, 62.5%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(260.3, 57%, 87.5%)`
HWB	`hwb(260.3 37.6% 12.5%)`
CMYK (naive)	`cmyk(38%, 57%, 0%, 13%)`
CIELAB (D50)	`lab(50.22% 38.92 -59.67)`
OKLCH	`oklch(59.56% 0.1859 295.86)`
Decimal	`9134303`

CMYK here is the plain formula with no colour profile, so treat it as a starting point; a printer's profile gives the real ink values. CIELAB uses a D50 white point, as CSS lab() does. HSV is not a CSS function, so it is shown for design apps only.

Contrast with white and black text

White text, 4.34:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Black text, 4.84:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Text	Ratio	AA normal (4.5)	AA large (3)	AAA normal (7)	AAA large (4.5)
White	4.34:1	Fail	Pass	Fail	Fail
Black	4.84:1	Pass	Pass	Fail	Pass

Black text is the better choice on #8B60DF (4.84:1). Ratios use the WCAG 2.2 formula; large text means at least 24px, or 18.66px bold. Check another pair.

Tints and shades

Mixed with white, then with black, in ten even steps (straight sRGB mixing, as most design tools do).

9%#966ee2 18%#a07de5 27%#ab8be8 36%#b59aeb 45%#c0a8ee 55%#cab7f0 64%#d5c5f3 73%#dfd4f6 82%#eae2f9 91%#f4f1fc

9%#7e57cb 18%#724fb6 27%#6546a2 36%#583d8e 45%#4c347a 55%#3f2c65 64%#332351 73%#261a3d 82%#191129 91%#0d0914

Colour harmonies

Hue turned around the HSL colour wheel, saturation and lightness kept.

Complementary

The hue opposite on the colour wheel (180°).

#8b60df #b4df60

Analogous

Neighbours 30° either side.

#6075df #8b60df #cb60df

Triadic

Three hues 120° apart.

#8b60df #df8b60 #60df8b

Split complementary

The two hues either side of the complement (150° and 210°).

#8b60df #dfcb60 #75df60

Tetradic (square)

Four hues 90° apart.

#8b60df #df6075 #b4df60 #60dfcb

How it looks with colour blindness

Normal vision#8b60df Protanopia#1b7ae3 Deuteranopia#2e77dc Tritanopia#777b96 Achromatopsia#797979

Simulated with the Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes (2009) matrices at full severity, applied in linear RGB; achromatopsia shows the colour's luminance as grey. Milder forms (protanomaly, deuteranomaly) are far more common and shift colours less. Never use colour as the only way to carry meaning.

CSS

Text colour	`color: #8b60df;`
Background	`background-color: #8b60df;`
Border	`border: 1px solid #8b60df;`
Half transparent	`background-color: rgb(139 96 223 / 50%);`
Custom property	`--colour-main: #8b60df;`
Gradient to a darker shade	`background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8b60df, #533a86);`
Gradient from a lighter tint	`background: linear-gradient(180deg, #b9a0ec, #8b60df);`
Text on this colour	`background-color: #8b60df; color: #000;`

Similar named colours

Distance is measured in OKLab, scaled by 100; under about 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

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Colour names from CSS Color Module Level 4. Palette values from the Tailwind CSS v3 default palette (MIT licence) and the Material Design 2014 colour palette as published in Material Design Lite (Apache License 2.0). All other values are calculated from the hex code.