#8A57C9#8A57C9

#8A57C9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.172 H 301.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A57C9
RGB	rgb(138, 87, 201)
HSL	hsl(267, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(267, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 56.7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.54, 44.02, -51.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.54, 67.94, 310.38°)
OKLab	oklab(56.64% 0.0907 -0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(56.64% 0.172 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.4296, 16.4366, 57.1326)
Luminance	0.1644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A57C9 #96C957

analogous

#575DC9 #8A57C9 #C357C9

triadic

#8A57C9 #C98A57 #57C98A

tetradic

#8A57C9 #C9575D #96C957 #57C9C3

square

#8A57C9 #C9575D #96C957 #57C9C3

split-complementary

#8A57C9 #C9C357 #5DC957

monochromatic

#4E287D #6B37AC #8A57C9 #AA85D8 #CBB4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#8A57C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#8A57C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A57C9

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A57C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A57C9	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2670CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A70C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a57c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 87, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.172 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b088da',
    500: '#8a57c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a57c9;
$custom-light: #b088da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a57c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.842,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56638,
    "c": 0.17218,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A57C9

secondary

#C0D5A7

accent

#DB4D9B

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A57C9

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

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