#8A59E4#8A59E4

#8A59E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.202 H 295.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A59E4
RGB	rgb(138, 89, 228)
HSL	hsl(261, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(261, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 61%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.68, 49.82, -63.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.68, 80.88, 308.02°)
OKLab	oklab(58.75% 0.0878 -0.1815)
OKLCH	oklch(58.75% 0.202 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.0535, 18.1489, 75.4088)
Luminance	0.1815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A59E4 #B3E459

analogous

#596EE4 #8A59E4 #D059E4

triadic

#8A59E4 #E48A59 #59E48A

tetradic

#8A59E4 #E4596E #B3E459 #59E4D0

square

#8A59E4 #E4596E #B3E459 #59E4D0

split-complementary

#8A59E4 #E4D059 #6EE459

monochromatic

#4D1BA7 #6524DB #8A59E4 #AF8EED #D4C2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#8A59E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#8A59E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A59E4

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A59E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A59E4	1.00	4.54	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0874E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#737896

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a59e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 89, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.202 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28aed',
    500: '#8a59e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a59e4;
$custom-light: #b28aed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a59e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.151,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58748,
    "c": 0.20157,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A59E4

secondary

#D4E6B3

accent

#D4118F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A59E4

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

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