#8A57CD#8A57CD

#8A57CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.177 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A57CD
RGB	rgb(138, 87, 205)
HSL	hsl(266, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(266, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 57.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.79, 45.01, -53.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.79, 70.04, 309.99°)
OKLab	oklab(56.9% 0.0908 -0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(56.9% 0.177 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.9063, 16.6273, 59.6430)
Luminance	0.1663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A57CD #9ACD57

analogous

#575FCD #8A57CD #C557CD

triadic

#8A57CD #CD8A57 #57CD8A

tetradic

#8A57CD #CD575F #9ACD57 #57CDC5

square

#8A57CD #CD575F #9ACD57 #57CDC5

split-complementary

#8A57CD #CDC557 #5FCD57

monochromatic

#4F2783 #6B35B2 #8A57CD #AB86DB #CCB5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#8A57CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#8A57CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A57CD

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A57CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A57CD	1.00	4.86	4.33	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F71D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3571CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C6F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a57cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 87, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.177 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b088dd',
    500: '#8a57cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a57cd;
$custom-light: #b088dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a57cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.932,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56896,
    "c": 0.17697,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A57CD

secondary

#C3D8A8

accent

#DD4A9E

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A57CD

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

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