#8F59E6#8F59E6

#8F59E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.204 H 297.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F59E6
RGB	rgb(143, 89, 230)
HSL	hsl(263, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(263, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 61.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.33, 51.39, -63.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.33, 81.89, 308.87°)
OKLab	oklab(59.39% 0.0942 -0.1814)
OKLCH	oklch(59.39% 0.204 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.1794, 18.6971, 76.9191)
Luminance	0.1870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F59E6 #B0E659

analogous

#5969E6 #8F59E6 #D659E6

triadic

#8F59E6 #E68F59 #59E68F

tetradic

#8F59E6 #E65969 #B0E659 #59E6D6

square

#8F59E6 #E65969 #B0E659 #59E6D6

split-complementary

#8F59E6 #E6D659 #69E659

monochromatic

#511AAB #6B24DE #8F59E6 #B38EEE #D7C3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#8F59E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#8F59E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8F59E6

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F59E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8F59E6	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1376E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A7897

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f59e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 89, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.204 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b58aef',
    500: '#8f59e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f59e6;
$custom-light: #b58aef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f59e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.979,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59387,
    "c": 0.20443,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F59E6

secondary

#D3E7B4

accent

#D6108A

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F59E6

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

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