#8A57B4#8A57B4

#8A57B4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.147 H 307.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A57B4
RGB	rgb(138, 87, 180)
HSL	hsl(273, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(273, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 51.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.33, 38.91, -41.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.33, 56.89, 313.15°)
OKLab	oklab(55.35% 0.0896 -0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(55.35% 0.147 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.1260, 15.5152, 45.0003)
Luminance	0.1552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A57B4 #81B457

analogous

#5B57B4 #8A57B4 #B457B0

triadic

#8A57B4 #B48A57 #57B48A

tetradic

#8A57B4 #B45B57 #81B457 #57B0B4

square

#8A57B4 #B45B57 #81B457 #57B0B4

split-complementary

#8A57B4 #B0B457 #57B45B

monochromatic

#4B2D64 #6B408E #8A57B4 #A781C7 #C5ACDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#8A57B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#8A57B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A57B4

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A57B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A57B4	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C6CB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C6EB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84677D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a57b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 87, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.147 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae88cb',
    500: '#8a57b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a57b4;
$custom-light: #ae88cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a57b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.903,
    "s": 38.272,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55354,
    "c": 0.14686,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A57B4

secondary

#B1C89F

accent

#CE5A8E

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5F0F8

border

#CFCBD1

text

#110B13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A57B4

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

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