#8A57B8#8A57B8

#8A57B8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.152 H 306.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A57B8
RGB	rgb(138, 87, 184)
HSL	hsl(272, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(272, 53%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 52.7%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.55, 39.86, -43.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.55, 58.99, 312.51°)
OKLab	oklab(55.59% 0.09 -0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(55.59% 0.152 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.5394, 15.6806, 47.1774)
Luminance	0.1568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A57B8 #85B857

analogous

#5957B8 #8A57B8 #B857B6

triadic

#8A57B8 #B88A57 #57B88A

tetradic

#8A57B8 #B85957 #85B857 #57B6B8

square

#8A57B8 #B85957 #85B857 #57B6B8

split-complementary

#8A57B8 #B6B857 #57B859

monochromatic

#4C2C68 #6B3E93 #8A57B8 #A882CA #C6ADDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#8A57B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#8A57B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A57B8

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A57B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A57B8	1.00	5.08	4.14	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#396DBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#496FB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83687F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a57b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 87, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.152 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af88ce',
    500: '#8a57b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a57b8;
$custom-light: #af88ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a57b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.546,
    "s": 40.586,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55589,
    "c": 0.15169,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A57B8

secondary

#B4CAA0

accent

#D05791

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#110B13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A57B8

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

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