#8D59D9#8D59D9

#8D59D9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.189 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D59D9
RGB	rgb(141, 89, 217)
HSL	hsl(264, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(264, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 59%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.27, 47.65, -58.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.27, 75.15, 309.35°)
OKLab	oklab(58.3% 0.0921 -0.1649)
OKLCH	oklch(58.3% 0.189 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.0782, 17.8170, 67.6446)
Luminance	0.1782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D59D9 #A5D959

analogous

#5965D9 #8D59D9 #CD59D9

triadic

#8D59D9 #D98D59 #59D98D

tetradic

#8D59D9 #D95965 #A5D959 #59D9CD

square

#8D59D9 #D95965 #A5D959 #59D9CD

split-complementary

#8D59D9 #D9CD59 #65D959

monochromatic

#512295 #6C2EC7 #8D59D9 #AF8BE4 #D1BDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#8D59D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#8D59D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D59D9

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D59D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D59D9	1.00	4.60	4.56	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C75DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C74D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C7491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d59d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 89, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.189 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38ae5',
    500: '#8d59d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d59d9;
$custom-light: #b38ae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d59d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.375,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58298,
    "c": 0.18889,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D59D9

secondary

#CCE0AE

accent

#E642A3

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D59D9

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

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