#8B59C8#8B59C8

#8B59C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.168 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B59C8
RGB	rgb(139, 89, 200)
HSL	hsl(267, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(267, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 55.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.01, 42.91, -50.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.01, 66.21, 310.40°)
OKLab	oklab(56.99% 0.0895 -0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(56.99% 0.168 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.6428, 16.8038, 56.5776)
Luminance	0.1680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B59C8 #96C859

analogous

#595FC8 #8B59C8 #C359C8

triadic

#8B59C8 #C88B59 #59C88B

tetradic

#8B59C8 #C8595F #96C859 #59C8C3

square

#8B59C8 #C8595F #96C859 #59C8C3

split-complementary

#8B59C8 #C8C359 #5FC859

monochromatic

#4F297D #6C39AB #8B59C8 #AB87D7 #CBB5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#8B59C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#8B59C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B59C8

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B59C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B59C8	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D71CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F72C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b59c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 89, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.168 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08ad9',
    500: '#8b59c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b59c8;
$custom-light: #b08ad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b59c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.027,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56989,
    "c": 0.16816,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B59C8

secondary

#C1D5A8

accent

#DA4E9B

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B59C8

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

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