All About Color #8B5DEE

#8B5DEE

About #8B5DEE

#8B5DEE is a light purple color with the hex code #8B5DEE. In RGB it is red 139, green 93, blue 238; in HSL it is hue 259°, saturation 81%, lightness 65%; in CMYK it is 42%, 61%, 0%, 7%. Its contrast ratio is 4.29:1 on white and 4.90:1 on black.

#8B5DEE Color Conversion

Hex triplet8B, 5D, EE
CMYK41.60%, 60.92%, 0.00%, 6.67%
RGB Decimal139, 93, 238
HSL259°, 81%, 65%
RGB Octal213, 135, 356
HSV (HSB)259.03°, 60.92%, 93.33%
RGB Binary10001011, 1011101, 11101110
CIE-L*AB51.26, 50.51, -66.79
RGB Percent54.51%, 36.47%, 93.33%
CIE-L*CH51.26, 83.74, 307.10
XYZ29.99, 19.49, 83.07
CIE-L*UV51.26, 8.05, -107.56
xyY0.23, 0.15, 19.49
Hunter-Lab44.15, 44.01, -80.66
RYB54.51%, 36.47%, 93.33%

Color Accessibility Scores

#8B5DEE on a dark background: contrast 4.90:1, passes WCAG AA.
#8B5DEE on a light background: contrast 4.29:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #8B5DEE, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#8B5DEE · #C7B1F7 · #5417D9 · #C0EE5D · #E1F7B1

Analogous palette

#5DC0EE · #5D78EE · #8B5DEE · #D45DEE · #EE5DC0

Triadic palette

#8B5DEE · #EE8B5D · #5DEE8B · #C7B1F7 · #F7C7B1

Tetradic palette

#8B5DEE · #EE5D78 · #C0EE5D · #5DEED4 · #5417D9

Monochromatic palette

#3F11A2 · #5A18E7 · #8B5DEE · #BDA3F5 · #EEE8FD

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