#8E59DD#8E59DD

#8E59DD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.194 H 298.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E59DD
RGB	rgb(142, 89, 221)
HSL	hsl(264, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(264, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 59.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.64, 48.89, -59.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.64, 77.24, 309.27°)
OKLab	oklab(58.67% 0.0933 -0.1698)
OKLCH	oklch(58.67% 0.194 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7756, 18.1157, 70.4259)
Luminance	0.1812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E59DD #A8DD59

analogous

#5966DD #8E59DD #D059DD

triadic

#8E59DD #DD8E59 #59DD8E

tetradic

#8E59DD #DD5966 #A8DD59 #59DDD0

square

#8E59DD #DD5966 #A8DD59 #59DDD0

split-complementary

#8E59DD #DDD059 #66DD59

monochromatic

#52209C #6C2ACF #8E59DD #B18CE7 #D3BFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#8E59DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#8E59DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E59DD

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E59DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E59DD	1.00	4.54	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2775DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C7593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e59dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 89, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.194 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48ae8',
    500: '#8e59dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e59dd;
$custom-light: #b48ae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e59dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.091,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58669,
    "c": 0.19376,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E59DD

secondary

#CEE2B0

accent

#CE1885

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E59DD

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

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