#8D59E6#8D59E6

#8D59E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.204 H 296.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D59E6
RGB	rgb(141, 89, 230)
HSL	hsl(262, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(262, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 61.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.12, 50.97, -64.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.12, 81.90, 308.49°)
OKLab	oklab(59.19% 0.0916 -0.1825)
OKLCH	oklch(59.19% 0.204 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.8361, 18.5201, 76.9030)
Luminance	0.1852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D59E6 #B2E659

analogous

#596BE6 #8D59E6 #D459E6

triadic

#8D59E6 #E68D59 #59E68D

tetradic

#8D59E6 #E6596B #B2E659 #59E6D4

square

#8D59E6 #E6596B #B2E659 #59E6D4

split-complementary

#8D59E6 #E6D459 #6BE659

monochromatic

#4F1AAB #6824DE #8D59E6 #B28EEE #D6C3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#8D59E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#8D59E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D59E6

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D59E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D59E6	1.00	4.46	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B75E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#777897

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d59e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 89, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.204 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48aef',
    500: '#8d59e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d59e6;
$custom-light: #b48aef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d59e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.128,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59186,
    "c": 0.20421,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D59E6

secondary

#D4E7B4

accent

#D6108D

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D59E6

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

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