#8E59E1#8E59E1

#8E59E1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.198 H 298.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E59E1
RGB	rgb(142, 89, 225)
HSL	hsl(263, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(263, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 60.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.90, 49.90, -61.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.90, 79.31, 308.99°)
OKLab	oklab(58.94% 0.0931 -0.1752)
OKLCH	oklch(58.94% 0.198 298)
XYZ	xyz(28.3149, 18.3314, 73.2661)
Luminance	0.1833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E59E1 #ACE159

analogous

#5968E1 #8E59E1 #D259E1

triadic

#8E59E1 #E18E59 #59E18E

tetradic

#8E59E1 #E15968 #ACE159 #59E1D2

square

#8E59E1 #E15968 #ACE159 #59E1D2

split-complementary

#8E59E1 #E1D259 #68E159

monochromatic

#511DA2 #6B27D6 #8E59E1 #B18DEA #D5C1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#8E59E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#8E59E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E59E1

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E59E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E59E1	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F75DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B7795

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e59e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 89, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.198 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48aeb',
    500: '#8e59e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e59e1;
$custom-light: #b48aeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e59e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.382,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58941,
    "c": 0.19846,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.18332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E59E1

secondary

#D0E4B2

accent

#D11488

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E59E1

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

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