#8A59E1#8A59E1

#8A59E1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.198 H 296.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A59E1
RGB	rgb(138, 89, 225)
HSL	hsl(262, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(262, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 60.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.48, 49.04, -62.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.48, 79.32, 308.19°)
OKLab	oklab(58.54% 0.0879 -0.1774)
OKLCH	oklch(58.54% 0.198 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.6407, 17.9838, 73.2345)
Luminance	0.1798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A59E1 #B0E159

analogous

#596CE1 #8A59E1 #CE59E1

triadic

#8A59E1 #E18A59 #59E18A

tetradic

#8A59E1 #E1596C #B0E159 #59E1CE

square

#8A59E1 #E1596C #B0E159 #59E1CE

split-complementary

#8A59E1 #E1CE59 #6CE159

monochromatic

#4D1DA2 #6627D6 #8A59E1 #AF8DEA #D3C1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#8A59E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#8A59E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A59E1

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A59E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A59E1	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1574DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#757795

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a59e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 89, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.198 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18aeb',
    500: '#8a59e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a59e1;
$custom-light: #b18aeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a59e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.618,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58539,
    "c": 0.19801,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A59E1

secondary

#D2E4B2

accent

#D1148D

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A59E1

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

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