#8D59E5#8D59E5

#8D59E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.203 H 296.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D59E5
RGB	rgb(141, 89, 229)
HSL	hsl(262, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(262, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 61.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.05, 50.71, -63.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.05, 81.38, 308.54°)
OKLab	oklab(59.12% 0.0916 -0.1812)
OKLCH	oklch(59.12% 0.203 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.6961, 18.4641, 76.1656)
Luminance	0.1847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D59E5 #B1E559

analogous

#596BE5 #8D59E5 #D359E5

triadic

#8D59E5 #E58D59 #59E58D

tetradic

#8D59E5 #E5596B #B1E559 #59E5D3

square

#8D59E5 #E5596B #B1E559 #59E5D3

split-complementary

#8D59E5 #E5D359 #6BE559

monochromatic

#4F1AA9 #6924DD #8D59E5 #B18EED #D6C3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#8D59E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#8D59E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D59E5

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D59E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D59E5	1.00	4.47	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1075E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787897

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d59e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 89, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.203 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48aee',
    500: '#8d59e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d59e5;
$custom-light: #b48aee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d59e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.286,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59116,
    "c": 0.20304,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D59E5

secondary

#D3E6B3

accent

#D5108C

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D59E5

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

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