#8B59D6#8B59D6

#8B59D6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.185 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B59D6
RGB	rgb(139, 89, 214)
HSL	hsl(264, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(264, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 58.4%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.87, 46.43, -57.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.87, 73.57, 309.13°)
OKLab	oklab(57.89% 0.0896 -0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(57.89% 0.185 299)
XYZ	xyz(26.3545, 17.4885, 65.5924)
Luminance	0.1749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B59D6 #A4D659

analogous

#5966D6 #8B59D6 #C959D6

triadic

#8B59D6 #D68B59 #59D68B

tetradic

#8B59D6 #D65966 #A4D659 #59D6C9

square

#8B59D6 #D65966 #A4D659 #59D6C9

split-complementary

#8B59D6 #D6C959 #66D659

monochromatic

#4F2491 #6A30C2 #8B59D6 #AD8AE2 #D0BBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#8B59D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#8B59D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B59D6

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B59D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B59D6	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1374DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E73D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A738F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b59d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 89, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.185 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18ae3',
    500: '#8b59d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b59d6;
$custom-light: #b18ae3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b59d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 60.386,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57894,
    "c": 0.18502,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.17489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B59D6

secondary

#CADEAD

accent

#E444A4

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C15

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B59D6

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

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