#8A57B5#8A57B5

#8A57B5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.148 H 307.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A57B5
RGB	rgb(138, 87, 181)
HSL	hsl(273, 39%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(273, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 51.9%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.39, 39.15, -42.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.39, 57.42, 312.98°)
OKLab	oklab(55.41% 0.0897 -0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(55.41% 0.148 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.2282, 15.5561, 45.5387)
Luminance	0.1556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A57B5 #82B557

analogous

#5B57B5 #8A57B5 #B557B1

triadic

#8A57B5 #B58A57 #57B58A

tetradic

#8A57B5 #B55B57 #82B557 #57B1B5

square

#8A57B5 #B55B57 #82B557 #57B1B5

split-complementary

#8A57B5 #B1B557 #57B55B

monochromatic

#4B2D65 #6B3F90 #8A57B5 #A881C8 #C5ACDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#8A57B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#8A57B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A57B5

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A57B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A57B5	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B6CB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B6EB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84677E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a57b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 87, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.148 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae88cb',
    500: '#8a57b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a57b5;
$custom-light: #ae88cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a57b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.553,
    "s": 38.843,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55412,
    "c": 0.14806,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A57B5

secondary

#B2C89F

accent

#CF598F

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5F0F9

border

#CFCBD2

text

#110B13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A57B5

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

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