#8A57D3#8A57D3

#8A57D3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.184 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A57D3
RGB	rgb(138, 87, 211)
HSL	hsl(265, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(265, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 58.8%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.16, 46.53, -56.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.16, 73.19, 309.47°)
OKLab	oklab(57.29% 0.0907 -0.1602)
OKLCH	oklch(57.29% 0.184 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.6444, 16.9226, 63.5307)
Luminance	0.1692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A57D3 #A0D357

analogous

#5762D3 #8A57D3 #C857D3

triadic

#8A57D3 #D38A57 #57D38A

tetradic

#8A57D3 #D35762 #A0D357 #57D3C8

square

#8A57D3 #D35762 #A0D357 #57D3C8

split-complementary

#8A57D3 #D3C857 #62D357

monochromatic

#4F248B #6A31BC #8A57D3 #AC87E0 #CEB8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#8A57D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#8A57D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A57D3

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A57D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A57D3	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1172D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E71D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A718D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a57d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 87, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.184 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b088e1',
    500: '#8a57d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a57d3;
$custom-light: #b088e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a57d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.677,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57291,
    "c": 0.18414,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A57D3

secondary

#C7DCAA

accent

#E246A2

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A57D3

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

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