#8B59BF#8B59BF

#8B59BF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.157 H 304.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B59BF
RGB	rgb(139, 89, 191)
HSL	hsl(269, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 53.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.49, 40.70, -46.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.49, 61.47, 311.46°)
OKLab	oklab(56.43% 0.089 -0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(56.43% 0.157 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.6218, 16.3954, 51.2003)
Luminance	0.1640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B59BF #8DBF59

analogous

#595ABF #8B59BF #BE59BF

triadic

#8B59BF #BF8B59 #59BF8B

tetradic

#8B59BF #BF595A #8DBF59 #59BFBE

square

#8B59BF #BF595A #8DBF59 #59BFBE

split-complementary

#8B59BF #BFBE59 #5ABF59

monochromatic

#4E2C72 #6C3D9E #8B59BF #AA85D0 #C9B1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#8B59BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#8B59BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B59BF

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B59BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B59BF	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#376FC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4671BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#826C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b59bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 89, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.157 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b089d3',
    500: '#8b59bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b59bf;
$custom-light: #b089d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b59bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.412,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56434,
    "c": 0.15725,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B59BF

secondary

#BACFA4

accent

#D45495

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#110C14

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B59BF

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

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