#8A57D1#8A57D1

#8A57D1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.182 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A57D1
RGB	rgb(138, 87, 209)
HSL	hsl(265, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(265, 58%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 58.4%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.04, 46.02, -55.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.04, 72.14, 309.64°)
OKLab	oklab(57.16% 0.0907 -0.1575)
OKLCH	oklch(57.16% 0.182 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.3953, 16.8229, 62.2185)
Luminance	0.1682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A57D1 #9ED157

analogous

#5761D1 #8A57D1 #C757D1

triadic

#8A57D1 #D18A57 #57D18A

tetradic

#8A57D1 #D15761 #9ED157 #57D1C7

square

#8A57D1 #D15761 #9ED157 #57D1C7

split-complementary

#8A57D1 #D1C757 #61D157

monochromatic

#4F2588 #6A32B8 #8A57D1 #AB87DE #CDB7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#8A57D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#8A57D1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A57D1

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A57D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A57D1	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1772D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3071CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B708C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a57d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 87, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.182 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b088e0',
    500: '#8a57d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a57d1;
$custom-light: #b088e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a57d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.082,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57158,
    "c": 0.18176,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A57D1

secondary

#C6DAAA

accent

#E048A0

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A57D1

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

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