#8A57BA#8A57BA

#8A57BA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.154 H 305.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A57BA
RGB	rgb(138, 87, 186)
HSL	hsl(271, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 53.2%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.66, 40.34, -44.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.66, 60.05, 312.21°)
OKLab	oklab(55.71% 0.0901 -0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(55.71% 0.154 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.7505, 15.7650, 48.2893)
Luminance	0.1577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A57BA #87BA57

analogous

#5857BA #8A57BA #BA57B8

triadic

#8A57BA #BA8A57 #57BA8A

tetradic

#8A57BA #BA5857 #87BA57 #57B8BA

square

#8A57BA #BA5857 #87BA57 #57B8BA

split-complementary

#8A57BA #B8BA57 #57BA58

monochromatic

#4C2C6B #6B3E96 #8A57BA #A882CC #C6AEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#8A57BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#8A57BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A57BA

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A57BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A57BA	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#376DBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#476FB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#826980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a57ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 87, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.154 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af88cf',
    500: '#8a57ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a57ba;
$custom-light: #af88cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a57ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.909,
    "s": 41.772,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55708,
    "c": 0.1541,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A57BA

secondary

#B6CCA1

accent

#D25692

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#110B14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A57BA

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

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