#8A59E2#8A59E2

#8A59E2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.199 H 296.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A59E2
RGB	rgb(138, 89, 226)
HSL	hsl(261, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(261, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 60.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.54, 49.30, -62.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.54, 79.84, 308.13°)
OKLab	oklab(58.61% 0.0879 -0.1788)
OKLCH	oklch(58.61% 0.199 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.7775, 18.0385, 73.9550)
Luminance	0.1804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A59E2 #B1E259

analogous

#596DE2 #8A59E2 #CF59E2

triadic

#8A59E2 #E28A59 #59E28A

tetradic

#8A59E2 #E2596D #B1E259 #59E2CF

square

#8A59E2 #E2596D #B1E259 #59E2CF

split-complementary

#8A59E2 #E2CF59 #6DE259

monochromatic

#4D1DA4 #6626D8 #8A59E2 #AF8DEB #D3C1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#8A59E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#8A59E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A59E2

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A59E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A59E2	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1274DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#747795

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a59e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 89, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.199 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28aec',
    500: '#8a59e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a59e2;
$custom-light: #b28aec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a59e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.46,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58609,
    "c": 0.1992,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A59E2

secondary

#D3E5B2

accent

#D2138E

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A59E2

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

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