#8A57BB#8A57BB

#8A57BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.155 H 305.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A57BB
RGB	rgb(138, 87, 187)
HSL	hsl(271, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 53.5%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.72, 40.58, -44.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.72, 60.57, 312.06°)
OKLab	oklab(55.77% 0.0902 -0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(55.77% 0.155 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.8572, 15.8077, 48.8511)
Luminance	0.1581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A57BB #88BB57

analogous

#5857BB #8A57BB #BB57BA

triadic

#8A57BB #BB8A57 #57BB8A

tetradic

#8A57BB #BB5857 #88BB57 #57BABB

square

#8A57BB #BB5857 #88BB57 #57BABB

split-complementary

#8A57BB #BABB57 #57BB58

monochromatic

#4C2C6C #6B3D97 #8A57BB #A883CD #C7AEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#8A57BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#8A57BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A57BB

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A57BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A57BB	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#366DBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#466FB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#826981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a57bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 87, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.155 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af88d0',
    500: '#8a57bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a57bb;
$custom-light: #af88d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a57bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.6,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55768,
    "c": 0.15531,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A57BB

secondary

#B6CCA2

accent

#D25693

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#110B14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A57BB

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

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