#8E59BB#8E59BB

#8E59BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.153 H 307.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E59BB
RGB	rgb(142, 89, 187)
HSL	hsl(272, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(272, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 52.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.60, 40.54, -43.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.60, 59.49, 312.96°)
OKLab	oklab(56.52% 0.0926 -0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(56.52% 0.153 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.6955, 16.4836, 48.9374)
Luminance	0.1648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E59BB #86BB59

analogous

#5D59BB #8E59BB #BB59B7

triadic

#8E59BB #BB8E59 #59BB8E

tetradic

#8E59BB #BB5D59 #86BB59 #59B7BB

square

#8E59BB #BB5D59 #86BB59 #59B7BB

split-complementary

#8E59BB #B7BB59 #59BB5D

monochromatic

#4F2D6D #6F3E98 #8E59BB #AC84CD #C9B0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#8E59BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#8E59BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E59BB

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E59BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E59BB	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C6FBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C71B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#876A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e59bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 89, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.153 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b189d0',
    500: '#8e59bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e59bb;
$custom-light: #b189d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e59bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.449,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56522,
    "c": 0.15328,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E59BB

secondary

#B6CDA3

accent

#D2568F

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#110C14

muted

#807D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E59BB

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

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