#8B59EC#8B59EC

#8B59EC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.211 H 294.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B59EC
RGB	rgb(139, 89, 236)
HSL	hsl(260, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(260, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 62.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.32, 52.11, -67.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.32, 85.01, 307.80°)
OKLab	oklab(59.41% 0.0885 -0.1916)
OKLCH	oklch(59.41% 0.211 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.3561, 18.6892, 81.4013)
Luminance	0.1869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B59EC #BAEC59

analogous

#5970EC #8B59EC #D459EC

triadic

#8B59EC #EC8B59 #59EC8B

tetradic

#8B59EC #EC5970 #BAEC59 #59ECD4

square

#8B59EC #EC5970 #BAEC59 #59ECD4

split-complementary

#8B59EC #ECD459 #70EC59

monochromatic

#4C15B6 #6522E6 #8B59EC #B190F2 #D8C7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#8B59EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#8B59EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B59EC

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B59EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B59EC	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0075E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#717B9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b59ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 89, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.211 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38af3',
    500: '#8b59ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b59ec;
$custom-light: #b38af3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b59ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.408,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59413,
    "c": 0.21106,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B59EC

secondary

#D9EAB6

accent

#DC0A94

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B59EC

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

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