#8B57AD#8B57AD

#8B57AD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.139 H 310.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B57AD
RGB	rgb(139, 87, 173)
HSL	hsl(276, 34%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(276, 50%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 49.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.07, 37.55, -37.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.07, 53.29, 314.81°)
OKLab	oklab(55.07% 0.0901 -0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(55.07% 0.139 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.5971, 15.3229, 41.3469)
Luminance	0.1532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B57AD #79AD57

analogous

#6057AD #8B57AD #AD57A4

triadic

#8B57AD #AD8B57 #57AD8B

tetradic

#8B57AD #AD6057 #79AD57 #57A4AD

square

#8B57AD #AD6057 #79AD57 #57A4AD

split-complementary

#8B57AD #A4AD57 #57AD60

monochromatic

#4A2D5C #6B4186 #8B57AD #A780C1 #C4A9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#8B57AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#8B57AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B57AD

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B57AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B57AD	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#426BB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516EAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87657A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b57ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 87, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.139 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af88c6',
    500: '#8b57ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b57ad;
$custom-light: #af88c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b57ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.279,
    "s": 34.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55066,
    "c": 0.1388,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B57AD

secondary

#ACC39D

accent

#CA5D88

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5F0F8

border

#CFCBD1

text

#110B13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B57AD

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

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