#8A59FF#8A59FF

#8A59FF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.233 H 291.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A59FF
RGB	rgb(138, 89, 255)
HSL	hsl(258, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(258, 65%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 65.1%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.57, 56.93, -75.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.57, 94.76, 306.93°)
OKLab	oklab(60.72% 0.0853 -0.2168)
OKLCH	oklch(60.72% 0.233 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0986, 19.7669, 96.7125)
Luminance	0.1977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A59FF #CEFF59

analogous

#597BFF #8A59FF #DD59FF

triadic

#8A59FF #FF8A59 #59FF8A

tetradic

#8A59FF #FF597B #CEFF59 #59FFDD

square

#8A59FF #FF597B #CEFF59 #59FFDD

split-complementary

#8A59FF #FFDD59 #7BFF59

monochromatic

#4100DE #5F1CFF #8A59FF #B596FF #E0D3FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#8A59FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#8A59FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A59FF

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A59FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A59FF	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0077FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6681A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a59ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 89, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.233 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48bff',
    500: '#8a59ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a59ff;
$custom-light: #b48bff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a59ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.711,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60719,
    "c": 0.23302,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A59FF

secondary

#E5F4C0

accent

#E600A2

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F7F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C18

muted

#817D86

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A59FF

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

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