#8A57E8#8A57E8

#8A57E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.209 H 295.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A57E8
RGB	rgb(138, 87, 232)
HSL	hsl(261, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(261, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 62.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.55, 51.92, -66.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.55, 84.11, 308.12°)
OKLab	oklab(58.74% 0.0897 -0.1887)
OKLCH	oklch(58.74% 0.209 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.4511, 18.0452, 78.3124)
Luminance	0.1805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A57E8 #B5E857

analogous

#576DE8 #8A57E8 #D257E8

triadic

#8A57E8 #E88A57 #57E88A

tetradic

#8A57E8 #E8576D #B5E857 #57E8D2

square

#8A57E8 #E8576D #B5E857 #57E8D2

split-complementary

#8A57E8 #E8D257 #6DE857

monochromatic

#4C18AD #6521E1 #8A57E8 #AF8DEF #D5C3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#8A57E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#8A57E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A57E8

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A57E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A57E8	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0074E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#727898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a57e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 87, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.209 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b289f0',
    500: '#8a57e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a57e8;
$custom-light: #b289f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a57e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.103,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58743,
    "c": 0.20892,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A57E8

secondary

#D5E8B3

accent

#D80D91

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A57E8

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

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