#8A57EE#8A57EE

#8A57EE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.216 H 294.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A57EE
RGB	rgb(138, 87, 238)
HSL	hsl(260, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(260, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 63.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.97, 53.49, -68.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.97, 87.20, 307.83°)
OKLab	oklab(59.18% 0.0892 -0.1966)
OKLCH	oklch(59.18% 0.216 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.3179, 18.3920, 82.8777)
Luminance	0.1839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A57EE #BBEE57

analogous

#576FEE #8A57EE #D557EE

triadic

#8A57EE #EE8A57 #57EE8A

tetradic

#8A57EE #EE576F #BBEE57 #57EED5

square

#8A57EE #EE576F #BBEE57 #57EED5

split-complementary

#8A57EE #EED557 #6FEE57

monochromatic

#4A13B8 #631FE8 #8A57EE #B18FF4 #D7C6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#8A57EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#8A57EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A57EE

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A57EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A57EE	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0074EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F7A9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a57ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 87, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.216 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b389f4',
    500: '#8a57ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a57ee;
$custom-light: #b389f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a57ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.265,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59177,
    "c": 0.2159,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A57EE

secondary

#D9EBB6

accent

#DE0896

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A57EE

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

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