#8A57E1#8A57E1

#8A57E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.201 H 296.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A57E1
RGB	rgb(138, 87, 225)
HSL	hsl(262, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(262, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 61.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.08, 50.11, -62.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.08, 80.49, 308.50°)
OKLab	oklab(58.25% 0.0902 -0.1793)
OKLCH	oklch(58.25% 0.201 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.4765, 17.6554, 73.1798)
Luminance	0.1766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A57E1 #AEE157

analogous

#5769E1 #8A57E1 #CF57E1

triadic

#8A57E1 #E18A57 #57E18A

tetradic

#8A57E1 #E15769 #AEE157 #57E1CF

square

#8A57E1 #E15769 #AEE157 #57E1CF

split-complementary

#8A57E1 #E1CF57 #69E157

monochromatic

#4E1DA1 #6726D5 #8A57E1 #AE8BEA #D2BFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#8A57E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#8A57E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A57E1

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A57E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A57E1	1.00	4.63	4.53	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C73DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#757694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a57e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 87, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.201 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b289eb',
    500: '#8a57e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a57e1;
$custom-light: #b289eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a57e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.174,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58248,
    "c": 0.20072,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A57E1

secondary

#D1E4B0

accent

#D2148C

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A57E1

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

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