#8B59D8#8B59D8

#8B59D8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.187 H 298.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B59D8
RGB	rgb(139, 89, 216)
HSL	hsl(264, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(264, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 58.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.00, 46.94, -58.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.00, 74.62, 308.98°)
OKLab	oklab(58.03% 0.0895 -0.1646)
OKLCH	oklch(58.03% 0.187 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.6114, 17.5913, 66.9459)
Luminance	0.1759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B59D8 #A6D859

analogous

#5967D8 #8B59D8 #CA59D8

triadic

#8B59D8 #D88B59 #59D88B

tetradic

#8B59D8 #D85967 #A6D859 #59D8CA

square

#8B59D8 #D85967 #A6D859 #59D8CA

split-complementary

#8B59D8 #D8CA59 #67D859

monochromatic

#4F2394 #6A2EC5 #8B59D8 #AE8BE4 #D0BCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#8B59D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#8B59D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B59D8

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B59D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B59D8	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C74DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B73D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A7490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b59d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 89, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.187 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18ae5',
    500: '#8b59d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b59d8;
$custom-light: #b18ae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b59d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.622,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58027,
    "c": 0.18741,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B59D8

secondary

#CCDFAE

accent

#E543A5

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B59D8

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

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