#8A57D8#8A57D8

#8A57D8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.190 H 298.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A57D8
RGB	rgb(138, 87, 216)
HSL	hsl(264, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(264, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 59.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.48, 47.80, -58.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.48, 75.81, 309.09°)
OKLab	oklab(57.63% 0.0906 -0.1671)
OKLCH	oklch(57.63% 0.19 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.2810, 17.1772, 66.8834)
Luminance	0.1718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A57D8 #A5D857

analogous

#5765D8 #8A57D8 #CB57D8

triadic

#8A57D8 #D88A57 #57D88A

tetradic

#8A57D8 #D85765 #A5D857 #57D8CB

square

#8A57D8 #D85765 #A5D857 #57D8CB

split-complementary

#8A57D8 #D8CB57 #65D857

monochromatic

#4F2293 #692EC4 #8A57D8 #AD89E4 #CFBAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#8A57D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#8A57D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A57D8

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A57D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A57D8	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2572D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78738F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a57d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 87, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.190 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b189e5',
    500: '#8a57d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a57d8;
$custom-light: #b189e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a57d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.721,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57627,
    "c": 0.19009,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A57D8

secondary

#CBDFAC

accent

#E542A5

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A57D8

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

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