#8D59E3#8D59E3

#8D59E3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.201 H 297.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D59E3
RGB	rgb(141, 89, 227)
HSL	hsl(263, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(263, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 60.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.92, 50.20, -62.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.92, 80.35, 308.66°)
OKLab	oklab(58.98% 0.0917 -0.1785)
OKLCH	oklch(58.98% 0.201 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.4185, 18.3531, 74.7034)
Luminance	0.1835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D59E3 #AFE359

analogous

#596AE3 #8D59E3 #D259E3

triadic

#8D59E3 #E38D59 #59E38D

tetradic

#8D59E3 #E3596A #AFE359 #59E3D2

square

#8D59E3 #E3596A #AFE359 #59E3D2

split-complementary

#8D59E3 #E3D259 #6AE359

monochromatic

#501CA6 #6925DA #8D59E3 #B18DEC #D5C2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#8D59E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#8D59E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D59E3

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D59E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D59E3	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1775E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d59e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 89, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.201 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48aed',
    500: '#8d59e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d59e3;
$custom-light: #b48aed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d59e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.609,
    "s": 71.134,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58978,
    "c": 0.20069,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D59E3

secondary

#D2E5B2

accent

#D3128B

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D59E3

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

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