#8E59EB#8E59EB

#8E59EB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.210 H 296.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E59EB
RGB	rgb(142, 89, 235)
HSL	hsl(262, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(262, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 62.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.56, 52.46, -66.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.56, 84.47, 308.39°)
OKLab	oklab(59.64% 0.0925 -0.1887)
OKLCH	oklch(59.64% 0.21 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.7192, 18.8931, 80.6621)
Luminance	0.1889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E59EB #B6EB59

analogous

#596DEB #8E59EB #D759EB

triadic

#8E59EB #EB8E59 #59EB8E

tetradic

#8E59EB #EB596D #B6EB59 #59EBD7

square

#8E59EB #EB596D #B6EB59 #59EBD7

split-complementary

#8E59EB #EBD759 #6DEB59

monochromatic

#4F16B4 #6922E4 #8E59EB #B390F2 #D8C6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#8E59EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#8E59EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E59EB

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E59EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E59EB	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0076E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#777A9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e59eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 89, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.210 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b58af2',
    500: '#8e59eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e59eb;
$custom-light: #b58af2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e59eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.781,
    "s": 78.495,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59637,
    "c": 0.21013,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E59EB

secondary

#D7EAB6

accent

#DB0B8F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E59EB

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

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