#8E59E7#8E59E7

#8E59E7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.205 H 296.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E59E7
RGB	rgb(142, 89, 231)
HSL	hsl(262, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(262, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 61.5%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.29, 51.43, -64.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.29, 82.41, 308.62°)
OKLab	oklab(59.36% 0.0928 -0.1833)
OKLCH	oklch(59.36% 0.205 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.1478, 18.6646, 77.6528)
Luminance	0.1867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E59E7 #B2E759

analogous

#596BE7 #8E59E7 #D559E7

triadic

#8E59E7 #E78E59 #59E78E

tetradic

#8E59E7 #E7596B #B2E759 #59E7D5

square

#8E59E7 #E7596B #B2E759 #59E7D5

split-complementary

#8E59E7 #E7D559 #6BE759

monochromatic

#5019AD #6A24DF #8E59E7 #B28EEF #D7C4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#8E59E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#8E59E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E59E7

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E59E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E59E7	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A76E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e59e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 89, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.205 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b58aef',
    500: '#8e59e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e59e7;
$custom-light: #b58aef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e59e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.394,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59356,
    "c": 0.20548,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E59E7

secondary

#D4E8B4

accent

#D70F8C

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E59E7

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

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