#8E59E5#8E59E5

#8E59E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.203 H 297.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E59E5
RGB	rgb(142, 89, 229)
HSL	hsl(263, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(263, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 61.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.16, 50.92, -63.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.16, 81.38, 308.74°)
OKLab	oklab(59.22% 0.0929 -0.1806)
OKLCH	oklch(59.22% 0.203 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.8670, 18.5522, 76.1736)
Luminance	0.1855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E59E5 #B0E559

analogous

#596AE5 #8E59E5 #D459E5

triadic

#8E59E5 #E58E59 #59E58E

tetradic

#8E59E5 #E5596A #B0E559 #59E5D4

square

#8E59E5 #E5596A #B0E559 #59E5D4

split-complementary

#8E59E5 #E5D459 #6AE559

monochromatic

#501AA9 #6A24DD #8E59E5 #B28EED #D6C3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#8E59E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#8E59E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E59E5

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E59E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E59E5	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1376E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#797897

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e59e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 89, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.203 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48aee',
    500: '#8e59e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e59e5;
$custom-light: #b48aee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e59e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.714,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59217,
    "c": 0.20314,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E59E5

secondary

#D3E6B3

accent

#D5108B

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E59E5

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

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