#8D59EF#8D59EF

#8D59EF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.215 H 295.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D59EF
RGB	rgb(141, 89, 239)
HSL	hsl(261, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(261, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 62.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.73, 53.29, -68.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.73, 86.54, 308.01°)
OKLab	oklab(59.82% 0.0909 -0.1945)
OKLCH	oklch(59.82% 0.215 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.1327, 19.0388, 83.7319)
Luminance	0.1904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D59EF #BBEF59

analogous

#5970EF #8D59EF #D859EF

triadic

#8D59EF #EF8D59 #59EF8D

tetradic

#8D59EF #EF5970 #BBEF59 #59EFD8

square

#8D59EF #EF5970 #BBEF59 #59EFD8

split-complementary

#8D59EF #EFD859 #70EF59

monochromatic

#4D12BC #6721EA #8D59EF #B391F4 #DAC9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#8D59EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#8D59EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D59EF

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D59EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D59EF	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0076EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#737B9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d59ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 89, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.215 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b58af5',
    500: '#8d59ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d59ef;
$custom-light: #b58af5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d59ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.8,
    "s": 82.418,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59823,
    "c": 0.2147,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D59EF

secondary

#DAECB8

accent

#DF0794

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D59EF

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

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