#8B59E7#8B59E7

#8B59E7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.205 H 295.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B59E7
RGB	rgb(139, 89, 231)
HSL	hsl(261, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(261, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 61.5%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.98, 50.81, -64.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.98, 82.43, 308.05°)
OKLab	oklab(59.06% 0.0889 -0.1849)
OKLCH	oklch(59.06% 0.205 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.6399, 18.4027, 77.6289)
Luminance	0.1840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B59E7 #B5E759

analogous

#596EE7 #8B59E7 #D259E7

triadic

#8B59E7 #E78B59 #59E78B

tetradic

#8B59E7 #E7596E #B5E759 #59E7D2

square

#8B59E7 #E7596E #B5E759 #59E7D2

split-complementary

#8B59E7 #E7D259 #6EE759

monochromatic

#4D19AD #6624DF #8B59E7 #B08EEF #D6C4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#8B59E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#8B59E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B59E7

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B59E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B59E7	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0075E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#747998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b59e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 89, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.205 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38aef',
    500: '#8b59e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b59e7;
$custom-light: #b38aef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b59e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.127,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59058,
    "c": 0.2052,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B59E7

secondary

#D5E8B4

accent

#D70F90

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B59E7

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

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