#8A59EA#8A59EA

#8A59EA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.209 H 294.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A59EA
RGB	rgb(138, 89, 234)
HSL	hsl(260, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(260, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 62%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.08, 51.38, -66.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.08, 83.99, 307.72°)
OKLab	oklab(59.17% 0.0874 -0.1895)
OKLCH	oklch(59.17% 0.209 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.9009, 18.4879, 79.8718)
Luminance	0.1849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A59EA #B9EA59

analogous

#5970EA #8A59EA #D259EA

triadic

#8A59EA #EA8A59 #59EA8A

tetradic

#8A59EA #EA5970 #B9EA59 #59EAD2

square

#8A59EA #EA5970 #B9EA59 #59EAD2

split-complementary

#8A59EA #EAD259 #70EA59

monochromatic

#4B17B2 #6423E3 #8A59EA #B08FF1 #D7C6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#8A59EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#8A59EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A59EA

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A59EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A59EA	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0075E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#717A99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a59ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 89, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.209 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28af2',
    500: '#8a59ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a59ea;
$custom-light: #b28af2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a59ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.276,
    "s": 77.54,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59172,
    "c": 0.20865,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A59EA

secondary

#D8E9B6

accent

#DA0C94

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A59EA

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

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