#8B59D1Purple

#8B59D1 is a purple in the Purple family. In practice it looks like a balanced medium purple, and it is also commonly known as Purple, Orchid. Below are all of its color space values, an 11-step scale, harmony palettes and accessibility data.

#8B59D1
CSS Nameslateblue (closest)

Tints and shades (50–950)

50#f7f4fd
100#ece6fa
200#dfd1fb
300#cbb1fa
400#b289f4
500#9e6aea
600#8c58d4
700#7645b7
800#62389a
900#542e85
950#311951

Accessibility

Contrast on white
4.72:1
Contrast on black
4.45:1
  • AA (4.5:1) on whitePass
  • AA Large (3:1) on whitePass
  • AAA (7:1) on whiteFail
  • AAA Large (4.5:1) on whitePass
  • UI components (3:1) on whitePass

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Complementary palette

Analogous palette

Triadic palette

Copy-ready CSS

brand-scale.css
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.971 0.013 300); /* #f7f4fd */
  --brand-100: oklch(0.936 0.028 300); /* #ece6fa */
  --brand-200: oklch(0.885 0.058 300); /* #dfd1fb */
  --brand-300: oklch(0.808 0.105 300); /* #cbb1fa */
  --brand-400: oklch(0.712 0.156 300); /* #b289f4 */
  --brand-500: oklch(0.637 0.188 300); /* #9e6aea */
  --brand-600: oklch(0.577 0.184 300); /* #8c58d4 */
  --brand-700: oklch(0.505 0.173 300); /* #7645b7 */
  --brand-800: oklch(0.444 0.154 300); /* #62389a */
  --brand-900: oklch(0.396 0.139 300); /* #542e85 */
  --brand-950: oklch(0.281 0.098 300); /* #311951 */
}

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