#8D59BF#8D59BF

#8D59BF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.158 H 305.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D59BF
RGB	rgb(141, 89, 191)
HSL	hsl(271, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(271, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 53.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.71, 41.23, -45.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.71, 61.54, 312.06°)
OKLab	oklab(56.65% 0.0916 -0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(56.65% 0.158 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.9589, 16.5692, 51.2161)
Luminance	0.1657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D59BF #8BBF59

analogous

#5A59BF #8D59BF #BF59BE

triadic

#8D59BF #BF8D59 #59BF8D

tetradic

#8D59BF #BF5A59 #8BBF59 #59BEBF

square

#8D59BF #BF5A59 #8BBF59 #59BEBF

split-complementary

#8D59BF #BEBF59 #59BF5A

monochromatic

#4F2C72 #6E3D9E #8D59BF #AB85D0 #CAB1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#8D59BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#8D59BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D59BF

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D59BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D59BF	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3870C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4871BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#856C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d59bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 89, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.158 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18ad3',
    500: '#8d59bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d59bf;
$custom-light: #b18ad3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d59bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.588,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5665,
    "c": 0.15778,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D59BF

secondary

#B9CFA4

accent

#D45493

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#110C14

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D59BF

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

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