#8C59EE#8C59EE

#8C59EE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.213 H 294.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C59EE
RGB	rgb(140, 89, 238)
HSL	hsl(261, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(261, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 62.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.56, 52.83, -67.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.56, 86.03, 307.89°)
OKLab	oklab(59.65% 0.0897 -0.1937)
OKLCH	oklch(59.65% 0.213 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.8161, 18.8925, 82.9480)
Luminance	0.1889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C59EE #BBEE59

analogous

#5971EE #8C59EE #D759EE

triadic

#8C59EE #EE8C59 #59EE8C

tetradic

#8C59EE #EE5971 #BBEE59 #59EED7

square

#8C59EE #EE5971 #BBEE59 #59EED7

split-complementary

#8C59EE #EED759 #71EE59

monochromatic

#4C13BA #6621E8 #8C59EE #B291F4 #D9C8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#8C59EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#8C59EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C59EE

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C59EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C59EE	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0076EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#727B9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c59ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 89, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.213 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48af4',
    500: '#8c59ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c59ee;
$custom-light: #b48af4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c59ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.537,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59654,
    "c": 0.21346,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C59EE

secondary

#DAEBB7

accent

#DE0895

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C59EE

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

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