#8B59D5#8B59D5

#8B59D5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.184 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B59D5
RGB	rgb(139, 89, 213)
HSL	hsl(264, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(264, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 58.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.81, 46.18, -56.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.81, 73.05, 309.21°)
OKLab	oklab(57.83% 0.0896 -0.1605)
OKLCH	oklch(57.83% 0.184 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.2271, 17.4376, 64.9219)
Luminance	0.1744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B59D5 #A3D559

analogous

#5965D5 #8B59D5 #C959D5

triadic

#8B59D5 #D58B59 #59D58B

tetradic

#8B59D5 #D55965 #A3D559 #59D5C9

square

#8B59D5 #D55965 #A3D559 #59D5C9

split-complementary

#8B59D5 #D5C959 #65D559

monochromatic

#4F248F #6B31C0 #8B59D5 #AD8AE1 #CFBBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#8B59D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#8B59D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B59D5

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B59D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B59D5	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1674D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3073D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B738E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b59d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 89, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.184 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18ae3',
    500: '#8b59d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b59d5;
$custom-light: #b18ae3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b59d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.194,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57827,
    "c": 0.18382,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B59D5

secondary

#CADDAD

accent

#E345A3

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C15

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B59D5

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

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