#8B59CA#8B59CA

#8B59CA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.171 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B59CA
RGB	rgb(139, 89, 202)
HSL	hsl(267, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(267, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 55.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.13, 43.41, -51.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.13, 67.27, 310.19°)
OKLab	oklab(57.12% 0.0895 -0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(57.12% 0.171 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.8780, 16.8979, 57.8166)
Luminance	0.1690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B59CA #98CA59

analogous

#5960CA #8B59CA #C459CA

triadic

#8B59CA #CA8B59 #59CA8B

tetradic

#8B59CA #CA5960 #98CA59 #59CAC4

square

#8B59CA #CA5960 #98CA59 #59CAC4

split-complementary

#8B59CA #CAC459 #60CA59

monochromatic

#4F2980 #6C38AE #8B59CA #AB87D9 #CCB6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#8B59CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#8B59CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B59CA

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B59CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B59CA	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A72CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D72C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b59ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 89, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.171 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08adb',
    500: '#8b59ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b59ca;
$custom-light: #b08adb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b59ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.549,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57115,
    "c": 0.17058,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B59CA

secondary

#C2D6A8

accent

#DB4D9C

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B59CA

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

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