#8B59BC#8B59BC

#8B59BC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.154 H 305.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B59BC
RGB	rgb(139, 89, 188)
HSL	hsl(270, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 52.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.32, 39.97, -44.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.32, 59.89, 311.88°)
OKLab	oklab(56.25% 0.0888 -0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(56.25% 0.154 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.2950, 16.2647, 49.4794)
Luminance	0.1626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B59BC #8ABC59

analogous

#5A59BC #8B59BC #BC59BC

triadic

#8B59BC #BC8B59 #59BC8B

tetradic

#8B59BC #BC5A59 #8ABC59 #59BCBC

square

#8B59BC #BC5A59 #8ABC59 #59BCBC

split-complementary

#8B59BC #BCBC59 #59BC5A

monochromatic

#4E2C6E #6C3E9A #8B59BC #A985CE #C8B0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#8B59BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#8B59BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B59BC

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B59BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B59BC	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#396FBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4970BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#836B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b59bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 89, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.154 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af89d1',
    500: '#8b59bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b59bc;
$custom-light: #af89d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b59bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.303,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56254,
    "c": 0.1536,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B59BC

secondary

#B8CDA3

accent

#D25693

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#110C14

muted

#807D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B59BC

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

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