#8A59EE#8A59EE

#8A59EE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.213 H 294.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A59EE
RGB	rgb(138, 89, 238)
HSL	hsl(260, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(260, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 62.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.36, 52.43, -68.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.36, 86.06, 307.54°)
OKLab	oklab(59.46% 0.0871 -0.1948)
OKLCH	oklch(59.46% 0.213 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.4821, 18.7203, 82.9324)
Luminance	0.1872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A59EE #BDEE59

analogous

#5973EE #8A59EE #D559EE

triadic

#8A59EE #EE8A59 #59EE8A

tetradic

#8A59EE #EE5973 #BDEE59 #59EED5

square

#8A59EE #EE5973 #BDEE59 #59EED5

split-complementary

#8A59EE #EED559 #73EE59

monochromatic

#4A13BA #6321E8 #8A59EE #B191F4 #D8C8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#8A59EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#8A59EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A59EE

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A59EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A59EE	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0075EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F7B9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a59ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 89, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.213 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38af4',
    500: '#8a59ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a59ee;
$custom-light: #b38af4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a59ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.732,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5946,
    "c": 0.21334,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A59EE

secondary

#DAEBB7

accent

#DE0897

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A59EE

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

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