#8E59EC#8E59EC

#8E59EC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.211 H 296.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E59EC
RGB	rgb(142, 89, 236)
HSL	hsl(262, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(262, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 62.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.63, 52.72, -66.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.63, 84.99, 308.34°)
OKLab	oklab(59.71% 0.0925 -0.19)
OKLCH	oklch(59.71% 0.211 296)
XYZ	xyz(29.8641, 18.9511, 81.4251)
Luminance	0.1895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E59EC #B7EC59

analogous

#596DEC #8E59EC #D859EC

triadic

#8E59EC #EC8E59 #59EC8E

tetradic

#8E59EC #EC596D #B7EC59 #59ECD8

square

#8E59EC #EC596D #B7EC59 #59ECD8

split-complementary

#8E59EC #ECD859 #6DEC59

monochromatic

#4F15B6 #6922E6 #8E59EC #B390F2 #D9C7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#8E59EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#8E59EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E59EC

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E59EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E59EC	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0076E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767A9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e59ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 89, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.211 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b58af3',
    500: '#8e59ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e59ec;
$custom-light: #b58af3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e59ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.633,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59708,
    "c": 0.21129,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.18952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E59EC

secondary

#D8EAB6

accent

#DC0A90

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E59EC

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

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