#8B59CD#8B59CD

#8B59CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.174 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B59CD
RGB	rgb(139, 89, 205)
HSL	hsl(266, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(266, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 56.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.31, 44.16, -52.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.31, 68.85, 309.90°)
OKLab	oklab(57.31% 0.0896 -0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(57.31% 0.174 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.2367, 17.0414, 59.7055)
Luminance	0.1704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B59CD #9BCD59

analogous

#5961CD #8B59CD #C559CD

triadic

#8B59CD #CD8B59 #59CD8B

tetradic

#8B59CD #CD5961 #9BCD59 #59CDC5

square

#8B59CD #CD5961 #9BCD59 #59CDC5

split-complementary

#8B59CD #CDC559 #61CD59

monochromatic

#4F2884 #6C36B3 #8B59CD #AC88DB #CDB7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#8B59CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#8B59CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B59CD

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B59CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B59CD	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2672D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A72CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E708A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b59cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 89, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.174 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18add',
    500: '#8b59cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b59cd;
$custom-light: #b18add;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b59cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.862,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57306,
    "c": 0.1742,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B59CD

secondary

#C4D8AA

accent

#DD4B9E

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B59CD

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

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