#8B59D2#8B59D2

#8B59D2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.180 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B59D2
RGB	rgb(139, 89, 210)
HSL	hsl(265, 57%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(265, 58%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 57.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.62, 45.42, -55.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.62, 71.47, 309.45°)
OKLab	oklab(57.63% 0.0896 -0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(57.63% 0.18 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.8499, 17.2867, 62.9350)
Luminance	0.1729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B59D2 #A0D259

analogous

#5963D2 #8B59D2 #C759D2

triadic

#8B59D2 #D28B59 #59D28B

tetradic

#8B59D2 #D25963 #A0D259 #59D2C7

square

#8B59D2 #D25963 #A0D259 #59D2C7

split-complementary

#8B59D2 #D2C759 #63D259

monochromatic

#50268B #6B33BB #8B59D2 #AD89DF #CEB9EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#8B59D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#8B59D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B59D2

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B59D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B59D2	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D73D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3473CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C728D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b59d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 89, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.180 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18ae0',
    500: '#8b59d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b59d2;
$custom-light: #b18ae0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b59d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.793,
    "s": 57.346,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5763,
    "c": 0.18022,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B59D2

secondary

#C8DBAB

accent

#E147A1

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B59D2

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

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