#8A57DB#8A57DB

#8A57DB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.194 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A57DB
RGB	rgb(138, 87, 219)
HSL	hsl(263, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(263, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 60.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.68, 48.57, -60.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.68, 77.37, 308.88°)
OKLab	oklab(57.83% 0.0905 -0.1712)
OKLCH	oklch(57.83% 0.194 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.6724, 17.3338, 68.9446)
Luminance	0.1733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A57DB #A8DB57

analogous

#5766DB #8A57DB #CC57DB

triadic

#8A57DB #DB8A57 #57DB8A

tetradic

#8A57DB #DB5766 #A8DB57 #57DBCC

square

#8A57DB #DB5766 #A8DB57 #57DBCC

split-complementary

#8A57DB #DBCC57 #66DB57

monochromatic

#4E2097 #682BCA #8A57DB #AD89E6 #D0BCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#8A57DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#8A57DB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A57DB

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A57DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A57DB	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F72D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#777491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a57db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 87, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.194 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b189e7',
    500: '#8a57db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a57db;
$custom-light: #b189e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a57db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.182,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57832,
    "c": 0.19364,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A57DB

secondary

#CDE0AD

accent

#E840A7

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A57DB

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

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