#8A57D6#8A57D6

#8A57D6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.188 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A57D6
RGB	rgb(138, 87, 214)
HSL	hsl(264, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(264, 59%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 59.3%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.35, 47.29, -57.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.35, 74.76, 309.24°)
OKLab	oklab(57.49% 0.0907 -0.1644)
OKLCH	oklch(57.49% 0.188 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.0240, 17.0744, 65.5299)
Luminance	0.1708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A57D6 #A3D657

analogous

#5764D6 #8A57D6 #C957D6

triadic

#8A57D6 #D68A57 #57D68A

tetradic

#8A57D6 #D65764 #A3D657 #57D6C9

square

#8A57D6 #D65764 #A3D657 #57D6C9

split-complementary

#8A57D6 #D6C957 #64D657

monochromatic

#4F2390 #6A2FC1 #8A57D6 #AC88E2 #CFB9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#8A57D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#8A57D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A57D6

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A57D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A57D6	1.00	4.76	4.42	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0473DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2972D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79728E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a57d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 87, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.188 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b188e3',
    500: '#8a57d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a57d6;
$custom-light: #b188e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a57d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.094,
    "s": 60.766,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57492,
    "c": 0.18772,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A57D6

secondary

#C9DDAB

accent

#E444A4

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C15

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A57D6

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

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