#8A59BB#8A59BB

#8A59BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.152 H 305.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A59BB
RGB	rgb(138, 89, 187)
HSL	hsl(270, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 52.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.15, 39.47, -44.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.15, 59.32, 311.71°)
OKLab	oklab(56.09% 0.0875 -0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(56.09% 0.152 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.0213, 16.1360, 48.9058)
Luminance	0.1614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A59BB #8ABB59

analogous

#5959BB #8A59BB #BB59BB

triadic

#8A59BB #BB8A59 #59BB8A

tetradic

#8A59BB #BB5959 #8ABB59 #59BBBB

square

#8A59BB #BB5959 #8ABB59 #59BBBB

split-complementary

#8A59BB #BBBB59 #59BB59

monochromatic

#4D2D6D #6B3E98 #8A59BB #A984CD #C7B0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#8A59BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#8A59BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A59BB

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A59BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A59BB	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A6EBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4970B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#826B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a59bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 89, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.152 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af89d0',
    500: '#8a59bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a59bb;
$custom-light: #af89d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a59bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56087,
    "c": 0.15211,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A59BB

secondary

#B8CDA3

accent

#D25694

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#110C14

muted

#807D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A59BB

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

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