#8B59E2#8B59E2

#8B59E2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.199 H 296.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B59E2
RGB	rgb(139, 89, 226)
HSL	hsl(262, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(262, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 60.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.65, 49.51, -62.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.65, 79.84, 308.33°)
OKLab	oklab(58.71% 0.0892 -0.1782)
OKLCH	oklch(58.71% 0.199 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.9438, 18.1242, 73.9628)
Luminance	0.1812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B59E2 #B0E259

analogous

#596CE2 #8B59E2 #D059E2

triadic

#8B59E2 #E28B59 #59E28B

tetradic

#8B59E2 #E2596C #B0E259 #59E2D0

square

#8B59E2 #E2596C #B0E259 #59E2D0

split-complementary

#8B59E2 #E2D059 #6CE259

monochromatic

#4E1DA4 #6726D8 #8B59E2 #AF8DEB #D4C1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#8B59E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#8B59E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B59E2

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B59E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B59E2	1.00	4.54	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1574DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767795

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b59e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 89, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.199 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28aec',
    500: '#8b59e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b59e2;
$custom-light: #b28aec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b59e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.898,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58708,
    "c": 0.1993,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B59E2

secondary

#D2E5B2

accent

#D2138D

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B59E2

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

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