#8E59EE#8E59EE

#8E59EE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.214 H 295.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E59EE
RGB	rgb(142, 89, 238)
HSL	hsl(261, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(261, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 62.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.77, 53.24, -67.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.77, 86.01, 308.24°)
OKLab	oklab(59.85% 0.0923 -0.1926)
OKLCH	oklch(59.85% 0.214 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.1563, 19.0679, 82.9640)
Luminance	0.1907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E59EE #B9EE59

analogous

#596FEE #8E59EE #D859EE

triadic

#8E59EE #EE8E59 #59EE8E

tetradic

#8E59EE #EE596F #B9EE59 #59EED8

square

#8E59EE #EE596F #B9EE59 #59EED8

split-complementary

#8E59EE #EED859 #6FEE59

monochromatic

#4E13BA #6821E8 #8E59EE #B491F4 #DAC8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#8E59EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#8E59EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E59EE

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E59EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E59EE	1.00	4.36	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0077EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#757B9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e59ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 89, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.214 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b58af4',
    500: '#8e59ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e59ee;
$custom-light: #b58af4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e59ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.342,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5985,
    "c": 0.21361,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E59EE

secondary

#D9EBB7

accent

#DE0892

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E59EE

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

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