#8A57AE#8A57AE

#8A57AE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.140 H 309.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A57AE
RGB	rgb(138, 87, 174)
HSL	hsl(275, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(275, 50%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 50%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.01, 37.50, -38.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.01, 53.75, 314.24°)
OKLab	oklab(55.01% 0.089 -0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(55.01% 0.14 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.5280, 15.2760, 41.8507)
Luminance	0.1528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A57AE #7BAE57

analogous

#5E57AE #8A57AE #AE57A6

triadic

#8A57AE #AE8A57 #57AE8A

tetradic

#8A57AE #AE5E57 #7BAE57 #57A6AE

square

#8A57AE #AE5E57 #7BAE57 #57A6AE

split-complementary

#8A57AE #A6AE57 #57AE5E

monochromatic

#492D5E #6A4187 #8A57AE #A780C2 #C4AAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#8A57AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#8A57AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A57AE

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A57AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A57AE	1.00	5.18	4.06	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#416BB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F6EAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85657A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a57ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 87, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.140 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae88c6',
    500: '#8a57ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a57ae;
$custom-light: #ae88c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a57ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.172,
    "s": 34.94,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55011,
    "c": 0.13963,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A57AE

secondary

#ADC49D

accent

#CB5D8A

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5F0F8

border

#CFCBD1

text

#100B13

muted

#7F7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A57AE

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

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