#8A57E2#8A57E2

#8A57E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.202 H 296.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A57E2
RGB	rgb(138, 87, 226)
HSL	hsl(262, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(262, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 61.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.14, 50.37, -63.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.14, 81.01, 308.44°)
OKLab	oklab(58.32% 0.0901 -0.1807)
OKLCH	oklch(58.32% 0.202 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.6133, 17.7101, 73.9003)
Luminance	0.1771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A57E2 #AFE257

analogous

#576AE2 #8A57E2 #CF57E2

triadic

#8A57E2 #E28A57 #57E28A

tetradic

#8A57E2 #E2576A #AFE257 #57E2CF

square

#8A57E2 #E2576A #AFE257 #57E2CF

split-complementary

#8A57E2 #E2CF57 #6AE257

monochromatic

#4D1CA3 #6625D7 #8A57E2 #AE8BEB #D3BFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#8A57E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#8A57E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A57E2

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A57E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A57E2	1.00	4.62	4.54	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0773DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#747694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a57e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 87, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.202 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b289ec',
    500: '#8a57e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a57e2;
$custom-light: #b289ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a57e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.014,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58318,
    "c": 0.2019,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A57E2

secondary

#D1E4B0

accent

#D3138C

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A57E2

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

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