#8A57AC#8A57AC

#8A57AC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.137 H 310.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A57AC
RGB	rgb(138, 87, 172)
HSL	hsl(276, 34%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(276, 49%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 49.4%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.91, 37.04, -37.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.91, 52.70, 314.65°)
OKLab	oklab(54.9% 0.0888 -0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(54.9% 0.137 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.3344, 15.1986, 40.8315)
Luminance	0.1520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A57AC #79AC57

analogous

#5F57AC #8A57AC #AC57A3

triadic

#8A57AC #AC8A57 #57AC8A

tetradic

#8A57AC #AC5F57 #79AC57 #57A3AC

square

#8A57AC #AC5F57 #79AC57 #57A3AC

split-complementary

#8A57AC #A3AC57 #57AC5F

monochromatic

#492D5B #6A4184 #8A57AC #A780C0 #C3A9D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#8A57AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#8A57AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A57AC

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A57AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A57AC	1.00	5.20	4.04	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#426AAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516EAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#866579

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a57ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 87, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.137 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae88c5',
    500: '#8a57ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a57ac;
$custom-light: #ae88c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a57ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 33.865,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54898,
    "c": 0.13722,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A57AC

secondary

#ACC29D

accent

#CA5E89

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5F0F8

border

#CFCBD1

text

#100B13

muted

#7F7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A57AC

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

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