#8A59CB#8A59CB

#8A59CB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.172 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A59CB
RGB	rgb(138, 89, 203)
HSL	hsl(266, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(266, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 56.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.08, 43.42, -52.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.08, 67.77, 309.84°)
OKLab	oklab(57.07% 0.0882 -0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(57.07% 0.172 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.8306, 16.8597, 58.4344)
Luminance	0.1686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A59CB #9ACB59

analogous

#5961CB #8A59CB #C359CB

triadic

#8A59CB #CB8A59 #59CB8A

tetradic

#8A59CB #CB5961 #9ACB59 #59CBC3

square

#8A59CB #CB5961 #9ACB59 #59CBC3

split-complementary

#8A59CB #CBC359 #61CB59

monochromatic

#4F2881 #6B37B0 #8A59CB #AB88DA #CCB6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#8A59CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#8A59CB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A59CB

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A59CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A59CB	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2872CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B71C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D7089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a59cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 89, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.172 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08adb',
    500: '#8a59cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a59cb;
$custom-light: #b08adb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a59cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.789,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57074,
    "c": 0.1716,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A59CB

secondary

#C3D7A9

accent

#DC4C9E

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A59CB

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

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