#8C59EF#8C59EF

#8C59EF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.215 H 294.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C59EF
RGB	rgb(140, 89, 239)
HSL	hsl(260, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(260, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 62.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.63, 53.09, -68.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.63, 86.55, 307.84°)
OKLab	oklab(59.73% 0.0896 -0.195)
OKLCH	oklch(59.73% 0.215 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.9634, 18.9515, 83.7239)
Luminance	0.1895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C59EF #BCEF59

analogous

#5971EF #8C59EF #D759EF

triadic

#8C59EF #EF8C59 #59EF8C

tetradic

#8C59EF #EF5971 #BCEF59 #59EFD7

square

#8C59EF #EF5971 #BCEF59 #59EFD7

split-complementary

#8C59EF #EFD759 #71EF59

monochromatic

#4C12BC #6521EA #8C59EF #B391F4 #D9C9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#8C59EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#8C59EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C59EF

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C59EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C59EF	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0076EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#727C9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c59ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 89, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.215 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48af5',
    500: '#8c59ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c59ef;
$custom-light: #b48af5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c59ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.4,
    "s": 82.418,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59726,
    "c": 0.21463,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C59EF

secondary

#DAECB8

accent

#DF0795

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C59EF

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

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