#8A57B2#8A57B2

#8A57B2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.144 H 308.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A57B2
RGB	rgb(138, 87, 178)
HSL	hsl(274, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(274, 51%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 51.1%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.22, 38.44, -40.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.22, 55.84, 313.50°)
OKLab	oklab(55.24% 0.0894 -0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(55.24% 0.144 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.9237, 15.4343, 43.9350)
Luminance	0.1543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A57B2 #7FB257

analogous

#5D57B2 #8A57B2 #B257AD

triadic

#8A57B2 #B28A57 #57B28A

tetradic

#8A57B2 #B25D57 #7FB257 #57ADB2

square

#8A57B2 #B25D57 #7FB257 #57ADB2

split-complementary

#8A57B2 #ADB257 #57B25D

monochromatic

#4B2D62 #6A408C #8A57B2 #A781C5 #C4ABD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#8A57B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#8A57B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A57B2

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A57B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A57B2	1.00	5.14	4.09	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E6BB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D6EB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84677C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a57b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 87, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.144 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae88c9',
    500: '#8a57b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a57b2;
$custom-light: #ae88c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a57b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.626,
    "s": 37.143,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55238,
    "c": 0.14444,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A57B2

secondary

#B0C69E

accent

#CD5B8D

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5F0F8

border

#CFCBD1

text

#110B13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A57B2

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

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