#8A57D9#8A57D9

#8A57D9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.191 H 298.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A57D9
RGB	rgb(138, 87, 217)
HSL	hsl(264, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(264, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 59.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.55, 48.05, -59.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.55, 76.33, 309.02°)
OKLab	oklab(57.69% 0.0906 -0.1685)
OKLCH	oklch(57.69% 0.191 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.4107, 17.2291, 67.5663)
Luminance	0.1723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A57D9 #A6D957

analogous

#5765D9 #8A57D9 #CB57D9

triadic

#8A57D9 #D98A57 #57D98A

tetradic

#8A57D9 #D95765 #A6D957 #57D9CB

square

#8A57D9 #D95765 #A6D957 #57D9CB

split-complementary

#8A57D9 #D9CB57 #65D957

monochromatic

#4E2194 #692DC6 #8A57D9 #AD89E4 #D0BBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#8A57D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#8A57D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A57D9

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A57D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A57D9	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2372D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a57d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 87, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.191 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b189e5',
    500: '#8a57d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a57d9;
$custom-light: #b189e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a57d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.538,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57695,
    "c": 0.19128,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A57D9

secondary

#CBDFAD

accent

#E642A6

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A57D9

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

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