#8A59BC#8A59BC

#8A59BC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.153 H 304.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A59BC
RGB	rgb(138, 89, 188)
HSL	hsl(270, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 52.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.21, 39.71, -44.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.21, 59.85, 311.57°)
OKLab	oklab(56.15% 0.0875 -0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(56.15% 0.153 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.1288, 16.1790, 49.4716)
Luminance	0.1618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A59BC #8BBC59

analogous

#595ABC #8A59BC #BC59BC

triadic

#8A59BC #BC8A59 #59BC8A

tetradic

#8A59BC #BC595A #8BBC59 #59BCBC

square

#8A59BC #BC595A #8BBC59 #59BCBC

split-complementary

#8A59BC #BCBC59 #5ABC59

monochromatic

#4D2C6E #6B3E9A #8A59BC #A985CE #C7B0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#8A59BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#8A59BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A59BC

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A59BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A59BC	1.00	4.96	4.24	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#396FBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4870BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#826B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a59bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 89, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.153 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af89d1',
    500: '#8a59bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a59bc;
$custom-light: #af89d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a59bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.697,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56147,
    "c": 0.15333,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A59BC

secondary

#B9CDA3

accent

#D25695

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#110C14

muted

#807D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A59BC

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

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