#8A59B1#8A59B1

#8A59B1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.140 H 308.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A59B1
RGB	rgb(138, 89, 177)
HSL	hsl(273, 36%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(273, 50%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 49.7%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.61, 37.07, -39.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.61, 54.04, 313.32°)
OKLab	oklab(55.51% 0.0865 -0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(55.51% 0.14 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.9879, 15.7226, 43.4629)
Luminance	0.1572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A59B1 #80B159

analogous

#5E59B1 #8A59B1 #B159AC

triadic

#8A59B1 #B18A59 #59B18A

tetradic

#8A59B1 #B15E59 #80B159 #59ACB1

square

#8A59B1 #B15E59 #80B159 #59ACB1

split-complementary

#8A59B1 #ACB159 #59B15E

monochromatic

#4B2E62 #6B418B #8A59B1 #A783C5 #C5ACD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#8A59B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#8A59B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A59B1

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A59B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A59B1	1.00	5.07	4.14	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#426CB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F6FAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85687D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a59b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 89, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.140 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae89c9',
    500: '#8a59b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a59b1;
$custom-light: #ae89c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a59b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.409,
    "s": 36.066,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55507,
    "c": 0.13991,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A59B1

secondary

#B1C6A0

accent

#CC5C8E

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5F0F8

border

#CFCBD1

text

#100C13

muted

#7F7D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A59B1

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

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