#8A59BE#8A59BE

#8A59BE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.156 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A59BE
RGB	rgb(138, 89, 190)
HSL	hsl(269, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 53.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.32, 40.20, -45.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.32, 60.90, 311.30°)
OKLab	oklab(56.27% 0.0877 -0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(56.27% 0.156 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.3459, 16.2658, 50.6149)
Luminance	0.1627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A59BE #8DBE59

analogous

#595BBE #8A59BE #BD59BE

triadic

#8A59BE #BE8A59 #59BE8A

tetradic

#8A59BE #BE595B #8DBE59 #59BEBD

square

#8A59BE #BE595B #8DBE59 #59BEBD

split-complementary

#8A59BE #BEBD59 #5BBE59

monochromatic

#4D2C71 #6B3D9D #8A59BE #A985CF #C8B1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#8A59BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#8A59BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A59BE

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A59BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A59BE	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#376FC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4670BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#816C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a59be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 89, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.156 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af89d2',
    500: '#8a59be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a59be;
$custom-light: #af89d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a59be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.109,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56267,
    "c": 0.15578,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A59BE

secondary

#BACFA4

accent

#D35496

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#110C14

muted

#807D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A59BE

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

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