#8B59D7#8B59D7

#8B59D7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.186 H 298.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B59D7
RGB	rgb(139, 89, 215)
HSL	hsl(264, 61%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(264, 59%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 58.6%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.93, 46.69, -57.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.93, 74.10, 309.06°)
OKLab	oklab(57.96% 0.0896 -0.1633)
OKLCH	oklch(57.96% 0.186 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.4826, 17.5397, 66.2671)
Luminance	0.1754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B59D7 #A5D759

analogous

#5966D7 #8B59D7 #CA59D7

triadic

#8B59D7 #D78B59 #59D78B

tetradic

#8B59D7 #D75966 #A5D759 #59D7CA

square

#8B59D7 #D75966 #A5D759 #59D7CA

split-complementary

#8B59D7 #D7CA59 #66D759

monochromatic

#4F2392 #6A2FC4 #8B59D7 #AD8AE3 #D0BCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#8B59D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#8B59D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B59D7

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B59D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B59D7	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1074DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D73D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A7490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b59d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 89, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.186 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18ae4',
    500: '#8b59d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b59d7;
$custom-light: #b18ae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b59d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.81,
    "s": 61.165,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5796,
    "c": 0.18622,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B59D7

secondary

#CBDEAD

accent

#E444A4

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B59D7

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

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