#8B59B2#8B59B2

#8B59B2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.141 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B59B2
RGB	rgb(139, 89, 178)
HSL	hsl(274, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(274, 50%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 50%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.77, 37.59, -39.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.77, 54.62, 313.49°)
OKLab	oklab(55.67% 0.0879 -0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(55.67% 0.141 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.2542, 15.8484, 43.9975)
Luminance	0.1585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B59B2 #80B259

analogous

#5E59B2 #8B59B2 #B259AD

triadic

#8B59B2 #B28B59 #59B28B

tetradic

#8B59B2 #B25E59 #80B259 #59ADB2

square

#8B59B2 #B25E59 #80B259 #59ADB2

split-complementary

#8B59B2 #ADB259 #59B25E

monochromatic

#4C2E63 #6C418D #8B59B2 #A883C5 #C5ADD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#8B59B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#8B59B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B59B2

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B59B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B59B2	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#416DB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5070B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86687D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b59b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 89, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.141 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af89c9',
    500: '#8b59b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b59b2;
$custom-light: #af89c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b59b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.708,
    "s": 36.626,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55673,
    "c": 0.14146,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B59B2

secondary

#B1C7A0

accent

#CD5B8D

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5F0F8

border

#CFCBD1

text

#110C13

muted

#807D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B59B2

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

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