#8E59CE#8E59CE

#8E59CE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.176 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8E59CE
RGBrgb(142, 89, 206)
HSLhsl(267, 54%, 58%)
HSVhsv(267, 57%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(31.1%, 56.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(48.70, 45.14, -52.75)
CIE-LCHlch(48.70, 69.42, 310.55°)
OKLaboklab(57.68% 0.0935 -0.1491)
OKLCHoklch(57.68% 0.176 302.1)
XYZxyz(25.8657, 17.3517, 60.3671)
Luminance0.1735 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8E59CE #99CE59
analogous
#595FCE #8E59CE #C859CE
triadic
#8E59CE #CE8E59 #59CE8E
tetradic
#8E59CE #CE595F #99CE59 #59CEC8
square
#8E59CE #CE595F #99CE59 #59CEC8
split-complementary
#8E59CE #CEC859 #5FCE59
monochromatic
#522785 #6F35B5 #8E59CE #AE88DC #CEB8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70
#8E59CE on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47
#8E59CE on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E59CE
4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8E59CE#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8E59CE1.004.704.474.70
#FFFFFF4.701.0021.001.00
#0000004.4721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.701.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#2773D2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#3C73CB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#82708B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8e59ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 89, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.176 302.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38ade',
    500: '#8e59ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8e59ce;
$custom-light: #b38ade;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8e59ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.179,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57685,
    "c": 0.17599,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8E59CE
secondary
#C4D9AA
accent
#DE4A9B
background
#FBF8FD
surface
#F6F0FB
border
#D0CBD4
text
#110C15
muted
#807D83

Preview Lab

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#8E59CE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva