#8A57CE#8A57CE

#8A57CE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.178 H 300.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A57CE
RGB	rgb(138, 87, 206)
HSL	hsl(266, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(266, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 57.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.85, 45.27, -54.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.85, 70.57, 309.90°)
OKLab	oklab(56.96% 0.0908 -0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(56.96% 0.178 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.0274, 16.6757, 60.2808)
Luminance	0.1668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A57CE #9BCE57

analogous

#5760CE #8A57CE #C557CE

triadic

#8A57CE #CE8A57 #57CE8A

tetradic

#8A57CE #CE5760 #9BCE57 #57CEC5

square

#8A57CE #CE5760 #9BCE57 #57CEC5

split-complementary

#8A57CE #CEC557 #60CE57

monochromatic

#4F2784 #6B34B3 #8A57CE #AB86DC #CCB6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#8A57CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#8A57CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A57CE

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A57CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A57CE	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D71D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3471CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C6F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a57ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 87, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.178 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b088de',
    500: '#8a57ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a57ce;
$custom-light: #b088de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a57ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56961,
    "c": 0.17817,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A57CE

secondary

#C4D8A8

accent

#DE4A9F

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A57CE

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

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