#8A57E4#8A57E4

#8A57E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.204 H 296.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A57E4
RGB	rgb(138, 87, 228)
HSL	hsl(262, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(262, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 61.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.28, 50.88, -64.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.28, 82.04, 308.33°)
OKLab	oklab(58.46% 0.09 -0.1834)
OKLCH	oklch(58.46% 0.204 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.8894, 17.8206, 75.3541)
Luminance	0.1782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A57E4 #B1E457

analogous

#576BE4 #8A57E4 #D157E4

triadic

#8A57E4 #E48A57 #57E48A

tetradic

#8A57E4 #E4576B #B1E457 #57E4D1

square

#8A57E4 #E4576B #B1E457 #57E4D1

split-complementary

#8A57E4 #E4D157 #6BE457

monochromatic

#4D1BA6 #6623DB #8A57E4 #AF8CEC #D3C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#8A57E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#8A57E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A57E4

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A57E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A57E4	1.00	4.60	4.56	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#747796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a57e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 87, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.204 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b289ed',
    500: '#8a57e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a57e4;
$custom-light: #b289ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a57e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.702,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58459,
    "c": 0.20424,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A57E4

secondary

#D3E6B1

accent

#D4118E

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A57E4

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

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