#8A59CC#8A59CC

#8A59CC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.173 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A59CC
RGB	rgb(138, 89, 204)
HSL	hsl(266, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(266, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 56.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.14, 43.67, -52.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.14, 68.30, 309.74°)
OKLab	oklab(57.14% 0.0883 -0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(57.14% 0.173 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.9501, 16.9075, 59.0640)
Luminance	0.1691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A59CC #9BCC59

analogous

#5962CC #8A59CC #C359CC

triadic

#8A59CC #CC8A59 #59CC8A

tetradic

#8A59CC #CC5962 #9BCC59 #59CCC3

square

#8A59CC #CC5962 #9BCC59 #59CCC3

split-complementary

#8A59CC #CCC359 #62CC59

monochromatic

#4F2883 #6B36B1 #8A59CC #AB88DA #CCB7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#8A59CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#8A59CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A59CC

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A59CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A59CC	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2772D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A72C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D708A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a59cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 89, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.173 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08adc',
    500: '#8a59cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a59cc;
$custom-light: #b08adc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a59cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.565,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57138,
    "c": 0.17281,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A59CC

secondary

#C4D8A9

accent

#DC4B9F

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A59CC

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

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