#8B59BE#8B59BE

#8B59BE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.156 H 304.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B59BE
RGB	rgb(139, 89, 190)
HSL	hsl(270, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(270, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 53.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.43, 40.46, -45.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.43, 60.94, 311.60°)
OKLab	oklab(56.37% 0.089 -0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(56.37% 0.156 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.5121, 16.3515, 50.6227)
Luminance	0.1635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B59BE #8CBE59

analogous

#595ABE #8B59BE #BE59BE

triadic

#8B59BE #BE8B59 #59BE8B

tetradic

#8B59BE #BE595A #8CBE59 #59BEBE

square

#8B59BE #BE595A #8CBE59 #59BEBE

split-complementary

#8B59BE #BEBE59 #5ABE59

monochromatic

#4E2C71 #6C3D9D #8B59BE #AA85CF #C8B1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#8B59BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#8B59BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B59BE

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B59BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B59BE	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#386FC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4771BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#826C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b59be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 89, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.156 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b089d2',
    500: '#8b59be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b59be;
$custom-light: #b089d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b59be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.703,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56374,
    "c": 0.15603,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B59BE

secondary

#BACFA4

accent

#D35495

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#110C14

muted

#807D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B59BE

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

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