#8A57D2#8A57D2

#8A57D2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.183 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A57D2
RGB	rgb(138, 87, 210)
HSL	hsl(265, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(265, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 58.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.10, 46.27, -56.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.10, 72.67, 309.55°)
OKLab	oklab(57.22% 0.0907 -0.1589)
OKLCH	oklch(57.22% 0.183 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.5195, 16.8726, 62.8725)
Luminance	0.1687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A57D2 #9FD257

analogous

#5761D2 #8A57D2 #C757D2

triadic

#8A57D2 #D28A57 #57D28A

tetradic

#8A57D2 #D25761 #9FD257 #57D2C7

square

#8A57D2 #D25761 #9FD257 #57D2C7

split-complementary

#8A57D2 #D2C757 #61D257

monochromatic

#4F258A #6A32BA #8A57D2 #AC87DF #CDB8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#8A57D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#8A57D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A57D2

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A57D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A57D2	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1472D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F71CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B718C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a57d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 87, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.183 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b088e0',
    500: '#8a57d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a57d2;
$custom-light: #b088e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a57d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.878,
    "s": 57.746,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57224,
    "c": 0.18295,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A57D2

secondary

#C7DBAA

accent

#E147A1

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A57D2

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

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