#8B59FF#8B59FF

#8B59FF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.233 H 291.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B59FF
RGB	rgb(139, 89, 255)
HSL	hsl(258, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(258, 65%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 65.1%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.67, 57.11, -75.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.67, 94.73, 307.07°)
OKLab	oklab(60.81% 0.0866 -0.2163)
OKLCH	oklch(60.81% 0.233 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.2648, 19.8526, 96.7203)
Luminance	0.1985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B59FF #CDFF59

analogous

#597AFF #8B59FF #DE59FF

triadic

#8B59FF #FF8B59 #59FF8B

tetradic

#8B59FF #FF597A #CDFF59 #59FFDE

square

#8B59FF #FF597A #CDFF59 #59FFDE

split-complementary

#8B59FF #FFDE59 #7AFF59

monochromatic

#4300DE #601CFF #8B59FF #B696FF #E1D3FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#8B59FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#8B59FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B59FF

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B59FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B59FF	1.00	4.22	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0078FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6881A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b59ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 89, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.233 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b58bff',
    500: '#8b59ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b59ff;
$custom-light: #b58bff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b59ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.072,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60812,
    "c": 0.23304,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B59FF

secondary

#E4F4C0

accent

#E600A0

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F7F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C18

muted

#817D86

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B59FF

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

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