#8D59BB#8D59BB

#8D59BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.153 H 306.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D59BB
RGB	rgb(141, 89, 187)
HSL	hsl(272, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(272, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 52.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.49, 40.27, -43.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.49, 59.44, 312.64°)
OKLab	oklab(56.41% 0.0913 -0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(56.41% 0.153 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.5247, 16.3956, 48.9294)
Luminance	0.1640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D59BB #87BB59

analogous

#5C59BB #8D59BB #BB59B8

triadic

#8D59BB #BB8D59 #59BB8D

tetradic

#8D59BB #BB5C59 #87BB59 #59B8BB

square

#8D59BB #BB5C59 #87BB59 #59B8BB

split-complementary

#8D59BB #B8BB59 #59BB5C

monochromatic

#4F2D6D #6E3E98 #8D59BB #AB84CD #C9B0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#8D59BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#8D59BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D59BB

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D59BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D59BB	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B6FBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B71B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#866A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d59bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 89, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.153 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b189d0',
    500: '#8d59bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d59bb;
$custom-light: #b189d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d59bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.837,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56412,
    "c": 0.15297,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D59BB

secondary

#B7CDA3

accent

#D25690

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#110C14

muted

#807D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D59BB

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

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