#8B59EA#8B59EA

#8B59EA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.209 H 295.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B59EA
RGB	rgb(139, 89, 234)
HSL	hsl(261, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(261, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 62%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.18, 51.59, -66.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.18, 83.98, 307.90°)
OKLab	oklab(59.27% 0.0887 -0.1889)
OKLCH	oklch(59.27% 0.209 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.0672, 18.5736, 79.8795)
Luminance	0.1857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B59EA #B8EA59

analogous

#596FEA #8B59EA #D459EA

triadic

#8B59EA #EA8B59 #59EA8B

tetradic

#8B59EA #EA596F #B8EA59 #59EAD4

square

#8B59EA #EA596F #B8EA59 #59EAD4

split-complementary

#8B59EA #EAD459 #6FEA59

monochromatic

#4C17B2 #6523E3 #8B59EA #B18FF1 #D7C6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#8B59EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#8B59EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B59EA

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B59EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B59EA	1.00	4.45	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0075E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#727A99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b59ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 89, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.209 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38af2',
    500: '#8b59ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b59ea;
$custom-light: #b38af2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b59ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.69,
    "s": 77.54,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5927,
    "c": 0.20872,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B59EA

secondary

#D7E9B6

accent

#DA0C93

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B59EA

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

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