#8A59BF#8A59BF

#8A59BF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.157 H 304.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A59BF
RGB	rgb(138, 89, 191)
HSL	hsl(269, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 53.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.38, 40.44, -46.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.38, 61.43, 311.17°)
OKLab	oklab(56.33% 0.0878 -0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(56.33% 0.157 304)
XYZ	xyz(23.4555, 16.3097, 51.1925)
Luminance	0.1631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A59BF #8EBF59

analogous

#595BBF #8A59BF #BD59BF

triadic

#8A59BF #BF8A59 #59BF8A

tetradic

#8A59BF #BF595B #8EBF59 #59BFBD

square

#8A59BF #BF595B #8EBF59 #59BFBD

split-complementary

#8A59BF #BFBD59 #5BBF59

monochromatic

#4D2C72 #6B3D9E #8A59BF #A985D0 #C8B1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#8A59BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#8A59BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A59BF

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A59BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A59BF	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#366FC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4670BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#816C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a59bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 89, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.157 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af89d3',
    500: '#8a59bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a59bf;
$custom-light: #af89d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a59bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.824,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56327,
    "c": 0.157,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.1631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A59BF

secondary

#BBCFA4

accent

#D45496

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#110C14

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A59BF

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

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