#8E59CA#8E59CA

#8E59CA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.171 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E59CA
RGB	rgb(142, 89, 202)
HSL	hsl(268, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(268, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 55.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.46, 44.15, -50.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.46, 67.33, 310.97°)
OKLab	oklab(57.43% 0.0934 -0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(57.43% 0.171 303)
XYZ	xyz(25.3860, 17.1598, 57.8404)
Luminance	0.1716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E59CA #95CA59

analogous

#595DCA #8E59CA #C759CA

triadic

#8E59CA #CA8E59 #59CA8E

tetradic

#8E59CA #CA595D #95CA59 #59CAC7

square

#8E59CA #CA595D #95CA59 #59CAC7

split-complementary

#8E59CA #CAC759 #5DCA59

monochromatic

#522980 #6F38AE #8E59CA #AE87D9 #CDB6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#8E59CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#8E59CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E59CA

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E59CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E59CA	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C72CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4073C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#836F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e59ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 89, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.171 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28adb',
    500: '#8e59ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e59ca;
$custom-light: #b28adb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e59ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.142,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57432,
    "c": 0.17122,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.1716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E59CA

secondary

#C1D6A8

accent

#DB4D98

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E59CA

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

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