#8A57EF#8A57EF

#8A57EF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.217 H 294.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A57EF
RGB	rgb(138, 87, 239)
HSL	hsl(260, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(260, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 63.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.04, 53.75, -69.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.04, 87.71, 307.79°)
OKLab	oklab(59.25% 0.0891 -0.1979)
OKLCH	oklch(59.25% 0.217 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.4652, 18.4509, 83.6535)
Luminance	0.1845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A57EF #BCEF57

analogous

#5770EF #8A57EF #D657EF

triadic

#8A57EF #EF8A57 #57EF8A

tetradic

#8A57EF #EF5770 #BCEF57 #57EFD6

square

#8A57EF #EF5770 #BCEF57 #57EFD6

split-complementary

#8A57EF #EFD657 #70EF57

monochromatic

#4A12BA #631FEA #8A57EF #B18FF4 #D8C7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#8A57EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#8A57EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A57EF

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A57EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A57EF	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0074EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F7A9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a57ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 87, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.217 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b389f5',
    500: '#8a57ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a57ef;
$custom-light: #b389f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a57ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.132,
    "s": 82.609,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5925,
    "c": 0.21705,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A57EF

secondary

#DAECB6

accent

#DF0696

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A57EF

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

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