#8A59EF#8A59EF

#8A59EF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.215 H 293.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A59EF
RGB	rgb(138, 89, 239)
HSL	hsl(260, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(260, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 62.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.43, 52.70, -68.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.43, 86.57, 307.50°)
OKLab	oklab(59.53% 0.087 -0.1961)
OKLCH	oklch(59.53% 0.215 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.6294, 18.7792, 83.7083)
Luminance	0.1878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A59EF #BEEF59

analogous

#5973EF #8A59EF #D559EF

triadic

#8A59EF #EF8A59 #59EF8A

tetradic

#8A59EF #EF5973 #BEEF59 #59EFD5

square

#8A59EF #EF5973 #BEEF59 #59EFD5

split-complementary

#8A59EF #EFD559 #73EF59

monochromatic

#4912BC #6321EA #8A59EF #B191F4 #D9C9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#8A59EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#8A59EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A59EF

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A59EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A59EF	1.00	4.42	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0075EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E7C9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a59ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 89, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.215 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38af5',
    500: '#8a59ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a59ef;
$custom-light: #b38af5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a59ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.6,
    "s": 82.418,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59532,
    "c": 0.21451,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A59EF

secondary

#DBECB8

accent

#DF0798

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A59EF

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

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