#8A57E6#8A57E6

#8A57E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.207 H 295.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A57E6
RGB	rgb(138, 87, 230)
HSL	hsl(261, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(261, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 62.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.41, 51.40, -65.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.41, 83.08, 308.22°)
OKLab	oklab(58.6% 0.0898 -0.186)
OKLCH	oklch(58.6% 0.207 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.1686, 17.9323, 76.8247)
Luminance	0.1793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A57E6 #B3E657

analogous

#576BE6 #8A57E6 #D257E6

triadic

#8A57E6 #E68A57 #57E68A

tetradic

#8A57E6 #E6576B #B3E657 #57E6D2

square

#8A57E6 #E6576B #B3E657 #57E6D2

split-complementary

#8A57E6 #E6D257 #6BE657

monochromatic

#4D19A9 #6522DE #8A57E6 #AF8CEE #D4C2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#8A57E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#8A57E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A57E6

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A57E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A57E6	1.00	4.58	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#737797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a57e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 87, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.207 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b289ef',
    500: '#8a57e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a57e6;
$custom-light: #b289ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a57e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.399,
    "s": 74.093,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58601,
    "c": 0.20658,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A57E6

secondary

#D4E7B2

accent

#D60F8F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A57E6

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

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