#8A57E5#8A57E5

#8A57E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.205 H 296.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A57E5
RGB	rgb(138, 87, 229)
HSL	hsl(262, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(262, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 62%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.35, 51.14, -64.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.35, 82.56, 308.28°)
OKLab	oklab(58.53% 0.0899 -0.1847)
OKLCH	oklch(58.53% 0.205 296)
XYZ	xyz(28.0286, 17.8762, 76.0873)
Luminance	0.1788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A57E5 #B2E557

analogous

#576BE5 #8A57E5 #D157E5

triadic

#8A57E5 #E58A57 #57E58A

tetradic

#8A57E5 #E5576B #B2E557 #57E5D1

square

#8A57E5 #E5576B #B2E557 #57E5D1

split-complementary

#8A57E5 #E5D157 #6BE557

monochromatic

#4D1AA8 #6522DD #8A57E5 #AF8CED #D4C1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#8A57E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#8A57E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A57E5

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A57E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A57E5	1.00	4.59	4.58	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#737796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a57e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 87, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.205 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b289ee',
    500: '#8a57e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a57e5;
$custom-light: #b289ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a57e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.549,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5853,
    "c": 0.20542,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.17877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A57E5

secondary

#D3E6B2

accent

#D5108F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A57E5

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

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