#8557D9#8557D9

#8557D9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.191 H 296.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8557D9
RGB	rgb(133, 87, 217)
HSL	hsl(261, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(261, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 59.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.02, 46.95, -60.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.02, 76.32, 307.96°)
OKLab	oklab(57.19% 0.084 -0.1712)
OKLCH	oklch(57.19% 0.191 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.6022, 16.8122, 67.5284)
Luminance	0.1681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8557D9 #ABD957

analogous

#576AD9 #8557D9 #C657D9

triadic

#8557D9 #D98557 #57D985

tetradic

#8557D9 #D9576A #ABD957 #57D9C6

square

#8557D9 #D9576A #ABD957 #57D9C6

split-complementary

#8557D9 #D9C657 #6AD957

monochromatic

#4A2194 #632DC6 #8557D9 #A989E4 #CDBBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#8557D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#8557D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8557D9

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8557D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8557D9	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1970D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#707390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8557d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 87, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.191 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae88e5',
    500: '#8557d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8557d9;
$custom-light: #ae88e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8557d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.231,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57191,
    "c": 0.19071,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8557D9

secondary

#CDDFAD

accent

#E642AC

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8557D9

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

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