#8A59D5#8A59D5

#8A59D5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.184 H 298.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A59D5
RGB	rgb(138, 89, 213)
HSL	hsl(264, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(264, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 58.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.70, 45.95, -56.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.70, 73.04, 308.98°)
OKLab	oklab(57.73% 0.0883 -0.1611)
OKLCH	oklch(57.73% 0.184 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.0609, 17.3518, 64.9141)
Luminance	0.1735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A59D5 #A4D559

analogous

#5966D5 #8A59D5 #C859D5

triadic

#8A59D5 #D58A59 #59D58A

tetradic

#8A59D5 #D55966 #A4D559 #59D5C8

square

#8A59D5 #D55966 #A4D559 #59D5C8

split-complementary

#8A59D5 #D5C859 #66D559

monochromatic

#4F248F #6931C0 #8A59D5 #AC8AE1 #CFBBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#8A59D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#8A59D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A59D5

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A59D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A59D5	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1574D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E73D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79738E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a59d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 89, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.184 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08ae3',
    500: '#8a59d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a59d5;
$custom-light: #b08ae3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a59d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.71,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57725,
    "c": 0.18368,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A59D5

secondary

#CADDAD

accent

#E345A4

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C15

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A59D5

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

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