#8A59C8#8A59C8

#8A59C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.168 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A59C8
RGB	rgb(138, 89, 200)
HSL	hsl(266, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(266, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 55.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.90, 42.66, -50.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.90, 66.19, 310.13°)
OKLab	oklab(56.88% 0.0882 -0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(56.88% 0.168 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.4765, 16.7181, 56.5698)
Luminance	0.1672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A59C8 #97C859

analogous

#5960C8 #8A59C8 #C159C8

triadic

#8A59C8 #C88A59 #59C88A

tetradic

#8A59C8 #C85960 #97C859 #59C8C1

square

#8A59C8 #C85960 #97C859 #59C8C1

split-complementary

#8A59C8 #C8C159 #60C859

monochromatic

#4E297D #6B39AB #8A59C8 #AA87D7 #CBB5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#8A59C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#8A59C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A59C8

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A59C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A59C8	1.00	4.83	4.34	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C71CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E71C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a59c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 89, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.168 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8ad9',
    500: '#8a59c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a59c8;
$custom-light: #af8ad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a59c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.486,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56884,
    "c": 0.16796,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A59C8

secondary

#C1D5A8

accent

#DA4E9C

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A59C8

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

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