#8A57AD#8A57AD

#8A57AD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.138 H 309.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A57AD
RGB	rgb(138, 87, 173)
HSL	hsl(276, 34%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(276, 50%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 49.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.96, 37.27, -38.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.96, 53.22, 314.44°)
OKLab	oklab(54.95% 0.0889 -0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(54.95% 0.138 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.4308, 15.2371, 41.3392)
Luminance	0.1524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A57AD #7AAD57

analogous

#5F57AD #8A57AD #AD57A5

triadic

#8A57AD #AD8A57 #57AD8A

tetradic

#8A57AD #AD5F57 #7AAD57 #57A5AD

square

#8A57AD #AD5F57 #7AAD57 #57A5AD

split-complementary

#8A57AD #A5AD57 #57AD5F

monochromatic

#492D5C #6A4186 #8A57AD #A780C1 #C3A9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#8A57AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#8A57AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A57AD

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A57AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A57AD	1.00	5.19	4.05	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#416AB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#506EAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86657A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a57ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 87, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.138 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae88c6',
    500: '#8a57ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a57ad;
$custom-light: #ae88c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a57ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.581,
    "s": 34.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54954,
    "c": 0.13842,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A57AD

secondary

#ACC39D

accent

#CA5D8A

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5F0F8

border

#CFCBD1

text

#100B13

muted

#7F7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A57AD

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

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