#8B59BB#8B59BB

#8B59BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.152 H 305.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B59BB
RGB	rgb(139, 89, 187)
HSL	hsl(271, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 52.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.26, 39.73, -44.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.26, 59.36, 312.02°)
OKLab	oklab(56.19% 0.0888 -0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(56.19% 0.152 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.1876, 16.2217, 48.9136)
Luminance	0.1622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B59BB #89BB59

analogous

#5A59BB #8B59BB #BB59BA

triadic

#8B59BB #BB8B59 #59BB8B

tetradic

#8B59BB #BB5A59 #89BB59 #59BABB

square

#8B59BB #BB5A59 #89BB59 #59BABB

split-complementary

#8B59BB #BABB59 #59BB5A

monochromatic

#4D2D6D #6C3E98 #8B59BB #A984CD #C8B0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#8B59BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#8B59BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B59BB

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B59BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B59BB	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A6EBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4970B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#836B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b59bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 89, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.152 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af89d0',
    500: '#8b59bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b59bb;
$custom-light: #af89d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b59bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.612,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56195,
    "c": 0.15239,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B59BB

secondary

#B7CDA3

accent

#D25693

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#110C14

muted

#807D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B59BB

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

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