#8E59EA#8E59EA

#8E59EA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.209 H 296.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E59EA
RGB	rgb(142, 89, 234)
HSL	hsl(262, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(262, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 62%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.49, 52.20, -65.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.49, 83.96, 308.45°)
OKLab	oklab(59.57% 0.0926 -0.1873)
OKLCH	oklch(59.57% 0.209 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.5751, 18.8355, 79.9034)
Luminance	0.1884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E59EA #B5EA59

analogous

#596CEA #8E59EA #D659EA

triadic

#8E59EA #EA8E59 #59EA8E

tetradic

#8E59EA #EA596C #B5EA59 #59EAD6

square

#8E59EA #EA596C #B5EA59 #59EAD6

split-complementary

#8E59EA #EAD659 #6CEA59

monochromatic

#4F17B2 #6923E3 #8E59EA #B38FF1 #D8C6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#8E59EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#8E59EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E59EA

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E59EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E59EA	1.00	4.41	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0076E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#777A99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e59ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 89, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.209 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b58af2',
    500: '#8e59ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e59ea;
$custom-light: #b58af2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e59ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.931,
    "s": 77.54,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59566,
    "c": 0.20897,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E59EA

secondary

#D6E9B6

accent

#DA0C8E

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E59EA

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

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