#8A57BC#8A57BC

#8A57BC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.157 H 305.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A57BC
RGB	rgb(138, 87, 188)
HSL	hsl(270, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 53.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.78, 40.82, -45.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.78, 61.10, 311.92°)
OKLab	oklab(55.83% 0.0902 -0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(55.83% 0.157 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.9646, 15.8506, 49.4169)
Luminance	0.1585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A57BC #89BC57

analogous

#5857BC #8A57BC #BC57BC

triadic

#8A57BC #BC8A57 #57BC8A

tetradic

#8A57BC #BC5857 #89BC57 #57BCBC

square

#8A57BC #BC5857 #89BC57 #57BCBC

split-complementary

#8A57BC #BCBC57 #57BC58

monochromatic

#4D2C6D #6B3D99 #8A57BC #A883CD #C7AFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#8A57BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#8A57BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A57BC

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A57BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A57BC	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#356DBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#466FBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#826A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a57bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 87, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.157 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af88d1',
    500: '#8a57bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a57bc;
$custom-light: #af88d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a57bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.297,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55829,
    "c": 0.15652,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A57BC

secondary

#B7CDA2

accent

#D35593

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#110B14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A57BC

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

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