#8C59EC#8C59EC

#8C59EC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.211 H 295.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C59EC
RGB	rgb(140, 89, 236)
HSL	hsl(261, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(261, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 62.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.42, 52.31, -67.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.42, 85.00, 307.98°)
OKLab	oklab(59.51% 0.0898 -0.1911)
OKLCH	oklch(59.51% 0.211 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.5239, 18.7757, 81.4092)
Luminance	0.1878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C59EC #B9EC59

analogous

#596FEC #8C59EC #D559EC

triadic

#8C59EC #EC8C59 #59EC8C

tetradic

#8C59EC #EC596F #B9EC59 #59ECD5

square

#8C59EC #EC596F #B9EC59 #59ECD5

split-complementary

#8C59EC #ECD559 #6FEC59

monochromatic

#4D15B6 #6622E6 #8C59EC #B290F2 #D8C7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#8C59EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#8C59EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C59EC

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C59EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C59EC	1.00	4.42	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0076E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#737A9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c59ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 89, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.211 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48af3',
    500: '#8c59ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c59ec;
$custom-light: #b48af3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c59ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.816,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59511,
    "c": 0.21113,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C59EC

secondary

#D8EAB6

accent

#DC0A93

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C59EC

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

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