#8A59E7#8A59E7

#8A59E7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.205 H 295.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A59E7
RGB	rgb(138, 89, 231)
HSL	hsl(261, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(261, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 61.5%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.88, 50.60, -65.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.88, 82.44, 307.87°)
OKLab	oklab(58.96% 0.0876 -0.1855)
OKLCH	oklch(58.96% 0.205 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.4736, 18.3169, 77.6211)
Luminance	0.1832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A59E7 #B6E759

analogous

#596FE7 #8A59E7 #D159E7

triadic

#8A59E7 #E78A59 #59E78A

tetradic

#8A59E7 #E7596F #B6E759 #59E7D1

square

#8A59E7 #E7596F #B6E759 #59E7D1

split-complementary

#8A59E7 #E7D159 #6FE759

monochromatic

#4C19AD #6424DF #8A59E7 #B08EEF #D5C4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#8A59E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#8A59E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A59E7

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A59E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A59E7	1.00	4.50	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0074E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#727998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a59e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 89, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.205 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28aef',
    500: '#8a59e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a59e7;
$custom-light: #b28aef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a59e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.704,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58959,
    "c": 0.20511,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A59E7

secondary

#D6E8B4

accent

#D70F92

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C17

muted

#807D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A59E7

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

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