#8A59E5#8A59E5

#8A59E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.203 H 295.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A59E5
RGB	rgb(138, 89, 229)
HSL	hsl(261, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(261, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 61.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.74, 50.08, -64.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.74, 81.40, 307.97°)
OKLab	oklab(58.82% 0.0877 -0.1828)
OKLCH	oklch(58.82% 0.203 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.1928, 18.2046, 76.1420)
Luminance	0.1820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A59E5 #B4E559

analogous

#596EE5 #8A59E5 #D059E5

triadic

#8A59E5 #E58A59 #59E58A

tetradic

#8A59E5 #E5596E #B4E559 #59E5D0

square

#8A59E5 #E5596E #B4E559 #59E5D0

split-complementary

#8A59E5 #E5D059 #6EE559

monochromatic

#4C1AA9 #6524DD #8A59E5 #AF8EED #D5C3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#8A59E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#8A59E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A59E5

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A59E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A59E5	1.00	4.52	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0274E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#737897

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a59e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 89, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.203 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28aee',
    500: '#8a59e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a59e5;
$custom-light: #b28aee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a59e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58818,
    "c": 0.20275,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A59E5

secondary

#D5E6B3

accent

#D51090

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A59E5

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

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