#8A59D9#8A59D9

#8A59D9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.188 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A59D9
RGB	rgb(138, 89, 217)
HSL	hsl(263, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(263, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 59%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.95, 46.97, -58.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.95, 75.14, 308.69°)
OKLab	oklab(57.99% 0.0882 -0.1666)
OKLCH	oklch(57.99% 0.188 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.5749, 17.5574, 67.6210)
Luminance	0.1756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A59D9 #A8D959

analogous

#5968D9 #8A59D9 #CA59D9

triadic

#8A59D9 #D98A59 #59D98A

tetradic

#8A59D9 #D95968 #A8D959 #59D9CA

square

#8A59D9 #D95968 #A8D959 #59D9CA

split-complementary

#8A59D9 #D9CA59 #68D959

monochromatic

#4E2295 #682EC7 #8A59D9 #AD8BE4 #D0BDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#8A59D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#8A59D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A59D9

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A59D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A59D9	1.00	4.65	4.51	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0675DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2873D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a59d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 89, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.188 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18ae5',
    500: '#8a59d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a59d9;
$custom-light: #b18ae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a59d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.969,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57993,
    "c": 0.18847,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A59D9

secondary

#CDE0AE

accent

#E642A7

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A59D9

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

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