#8A59D8#8A59D8

#8A59D8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.187 H 298.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A59D8
RGB	rgb(138, 89, 216)
HSL	hsl(263, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(263, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 58.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.89, 46.72, -58.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.89, 74.61, 308.76°)
OKLab	oklab(57.93% 0.0882 -0.1652)
OKLCH	oklch(57.93% 0.187 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4452, 17.5056, 66.9381)
Luminance	0.1751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A59D8 #A7D859

analogous

#5967D8 #8A59D8 #CA59D8

triadic

#8A59D8 #D88A59 #59D88A

tetradic

#8A59D8 #D85967 #A7D859 #59D8CA

square

#8A59D8 #D85967 #A7D859 #59D8CA

split-complementary

#8A59D8 #D8CA59 #67D859

monochromatic

#4E2394 #692EC5 #8A59D8 #AD8BE4 #D0BCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#8A59D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#8A59D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A59D8

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A59D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A59D8	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A74DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A73D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a59d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 89, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.187 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18ae5',
    500: '#8a59d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a59d8;
$custom-light: #b18ae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a59d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.15,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57925,
    "c": 0.18727,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A59D8

secondary

#CCDFAE

accent

#E543A6

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A59D8

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

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