#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
RGB	rgb(142, 89, 206)
HSL	hsl(267, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(267, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 56.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.70, 45.14, -52.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.70, 69.42, 310.55°)
OKLab	oklab(57.68% 0.0935 -0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(57.68% 0.176 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.8657, 17.3517, 60.3671)
Luminance	0.1735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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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
##8E59CE	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #8E59CE

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

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