#8B59EF#8B59EF

#8B59EF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.215 H 294.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B59EF
RGB	rgb(139, 89, 239)
HSL	hsl(260, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(260, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 62.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.53, 52.90, -68.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.53, 86.56, 307.67°)
OKLab	oklab(59.63% 0.0883 -0.1956)
OKLCH	oklch(59.63% 0.215 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7956, 18.8650, 83.7161)
Luminance	0.1887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B59EF #BDEF59

analogous

#5972EF #8B59EF #D659EF

triadic

#8B59EF #EF8B59 #59EF8B

tetradic

#8B59EF #EF5972 #BDEF59 #59EFD6

square

#8B59EF #EF5972 #BDEF59 #59EFD6

split-complementary

#8B59EF #EFD659 #72EF59

monochromatic

#4B12BC #6421EA #8B59EF #B291F4 #D9C9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#8B59EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#8B59EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B59EF

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B59EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B59EF	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0076EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#707C9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b59ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 89, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.215 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38af5',
    500: '#8b59ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b59ef;
$custom-light: #b38af5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b59ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 82.418,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59629,
    "c": 0.21456,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B59EF

secondary

#DBECB8

accent

#DF0797

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B59EF

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

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