#8F59BB#8F59BB

#8F59BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.154 H 307.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F59BB
RGB	rgb(143, 89, 187)
HSL	hsl(273, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(273, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 52.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.72, 40.81, -43.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.72, 59.54, 313.27°)
OKLab	oklab(56.63% 0.0938 -0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(56.63% 0.154 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.8679, 16.5725, 48.9455)
Luminance	0.1657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F59BB #85BB59

analogous

#5E59BB #8F59BB #BB59B6

triadic

#8F59BB #BB8F59 #59BB8F

tetradic

#8F59BB #BB5E59 #85BB59 #59B6BB

square

#8F59BB #BB5E59 #85BB59 #59B6BB

split-complementary

#8F59BB #B6BB59 #59BB5E

monochromatic

#502D6D #703E98 #8F59BB #AC84CD #CAB0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#8F59BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#8F59BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F59BB

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F59BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F59BB	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C6FBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D72B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#896A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f59bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 89, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.154 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28ad0',
    500: '#8f59bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f59bb;
$custom-light: #b28ad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f59bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.061,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56632,
    "c": 0.15359,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F59BB

secondary

#B6CDA3

accent

#D2568E

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#110C14

muted

#807D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F59BB

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

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