#8A57E3#8A57E3

#8A57E3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.203 H 296.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A57E3
RGB	rgb(138, 87, 227)
HSL	hsl(262, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(262, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 61.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.21, 50.63, -63.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.21, 81.53, 308.39°)
OKLab	oklab(58.39% 0.09 -0.182)
OKLCH	oklch(58.39% 0.203 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.7510, 17.7652, 74.6251)
Luminance	0.1777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A57E3 #B0E357

analogous

#576AE3 #8A57E3 #D057E3

triadic

#8A57E3 #E38A57 #57E38A

tetradic

#8A57E3 #E3576A #B0E357 #57E3D0

square

#8A57E3 #E3576A #B0E357 #57E3D0

split-complementary

#8A57E3 #E3D057 #6AE357

monochromatic

#4D1BA4 #6624D9 #8A57E3 #AF8BEC #D3C0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#8A57E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#8A57E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A57E3

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A57E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A57E3	1.00	4.61	4.55	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0173E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#747695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a57e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 87, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.203 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b289ed',
    500: '#8a57e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a57e3;
$custom-light: #b289ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a57e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.857,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58388,
    "c": 0.20307,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A57E3

secondary

#D2E5B1

accent

#D3128D

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A57E3

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

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