#8B59E4#8B59E4

#8B59E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.202 H 296.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B59E4
RGB	rgb(139, 89, 228)
HSL	hsl(262, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(262, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 61%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.78, 50.03, -63.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.78, 80.87, 308.21°)
OKLab	oklab(58.85% 0.0891 -0.1809)
OKLCH	oklch(58.85% 0.202 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.2198, 18.2346, 75.4166)
Luminance	0.1824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B59E4 #B2E459

analogous

#596CE4 #8B59E4 #D159E4

triadic

#8B59E4 #E48B59 #59E48B

tetradic

#8B59E4 #E4596C #B2E459 #59E4D1

square

#8B59E4 #E4596C #B2E459 #59E4D1

split-complementary

#8B59E4 #E4D159 #6CE459

monochromatic

#4E1BA7 #6624DB #8B59E4 #B08EED #D5C2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#8B59E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#8B59E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B59E4

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B59E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B59E4	1.00	4.52	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D75E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#757896

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b59e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 89, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.202 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28aed',
    500: '#8b59e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b59e4;
$custom-light: #b28aed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b59e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.583,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58847,
    "c": 0.20166,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B59E4

secondary

#D4E6B3

accent

#D4118E

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B59E4

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

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