#8A57B3#8A57B3

#8A57B3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.146 H 307.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A57B3
RGB	rgb(138, 87, 179)
HSL	hsl(273, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(273, 51%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 51.4%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.28, 38.67, -41.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.28, 56.37, 313.32°)
OKLab	oklab(55.3% 0.0895 -0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(55.3% 0.146 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.0245, 15.4746, 44.4657)
Luminance	0.1547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A57B3 #80B357

analogous

#5C57B3 #8A57B3 #B357AE

triadic

#8A57B3 #B38A57 #57B38A

tetradic

#8A57B3 #B35C57 #80B357 #57AEB3

square

#8A57B3 #B35C57 #80B357 #57AEB3

split-complementary

#8A57B3 #AEB357 #57B35C

monochromatic

#4B2D63 #6B408D #8A57B3 #A781C6 #C5ABD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#8A57B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#8A57B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A57B3

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A57B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A57B3	1.00	5.13	4.09	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D6CB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C6EB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84677D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a57b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 87, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.146 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae88ca',
    500: '#8a57b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a57b3;
$custom-light: #ae88ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a57b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.261,
    "s": 37.705,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55296,
    "c": 0.14565,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A57B3

secondary

#B1C79F

accent

#CE5A8E

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5F0F8

border

#CFCBD1

text

#110B13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A57B3

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

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