#8A59B5#8A59B5

#8A59B5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.145 H 306.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A59B5
RGB	rgb(138, 89, 181)
HSL	hsl(272, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(272, 51%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 50.8%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.82, 38.02, -41.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.82, 56.15, 312.63°)
OKLab	oklab(55.74% 0.0869 -0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(55.74% 0.145 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.3924, 15.8844, 45.5935)
Luminance	0.1588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A59B5 #84B559

analogous

#5C59B5 #8A59B5 #B559B2

triadic

#8A59B5 #B58A59 #59B58A

tetradic

#8A59B5 #B55C59 #84B559 #59B2B5

square

#8A59B5 #B55C59 #84B559 #59B2B5

split-complementary

#8A59B5 #B2B559 #59B55C

monochromatic

#4C2E66 #6B4090 #8A59B5 #A883C8 #C6AEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#8A59B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#8A59B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A59B5

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A59B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A59B5	1.00	5.03	4.18	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F6DB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D6FB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83697F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a59b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 89, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.145 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae89cb',
    500: '#8a59b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a59b5;
$custom-light: #ae89cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a59b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.957,
    "s": 38.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55736,
    "c": 0.14479,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A59B5

secondary

#B4C9A1

accent

#CE5A90

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5F0F9

border

#CFCBD2

text

#110C13

muted

#807D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A59B5

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

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