#8B59CE#8B59CE

#8B59CE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.175 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B59CE
RGB	rgb(139, 89, 206)
HSL	hsl(266, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(266, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 56.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.37, 44.41, -53.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.37, 69.37, 309.81°)
OKLab	oklab(57.37% 0.0896 -0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(57.37% 0.175 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.3578, 17.0898, 60.3433)
Luminance	0.1709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B59CE #9CCE59

analogous

#5961CE #8B59CE #C659CE

triadic

#8B59CE #CE8B59 #59CE8B

tetradic

#8B59CE #CE5961 #9CCE59 #59CEC6

square

#8B59CE #CE5961 #9CCE59 #59CEC6

split-complementary

#8B59CE #CEC659 #61CE59

monochromatic

#4F2785 #6C35B5 #8B59CE #AC88DC #CDB8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#8B59CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#8B59CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B59CE

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B59CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B59CE	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2472D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3872CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D718B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b59ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 89, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.175 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18ade',
    500: '#8b59ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b59ce;
$custom-light: #b18ade;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b59ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.641,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5737,
    "c": 0.17541,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B59CE

secondary

#C5D9AA

accent

#DE4A9F

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B59CE

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

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