#8A59CA#8A59CA

#8A59CA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.170 H 301.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A59CA
RGB	rgb(138, 89, 202)
HSL	hsl(266, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(266, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 55.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.02, 43.16, -51.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.02, 67.25, 309.93°)
OKLab	oklab(57.01% 0.0882 -0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(57.01% 0.17 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.7118, 16.8122, 57.8088)
Luminance	0.1681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A59CA #99CA59

analogous

#5961CA #8A59CA #C359CA

triadic

#8A59CA #CA8A59 #59CA8A

tetradic

#8A59CA #CA5961 #99CA59 #59CAC3

square

#8A59CA #CA5961 #99CA59 #59CAC3

split-complementary

#8A59CA #CAC359 #61CA59

monochromatic

#4F2980 #6B38AE #8A59CA #AB87D9 #CBB6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#8A59CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#8A59CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A59CA

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A59CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A59CA	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A71CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C71C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D6F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a59ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 89, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.170 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08adb',
    500: '#8a59ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a59ca;
$custom-light: #b08adb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a59ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.018,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5701,
    "c": 0.17039,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A59CA

secondary

#C2D6A8

accent

#DB4D9D

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A59CA

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

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