#8B57CC#8B57CC

#8B57CC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.176 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B57CC
RGB	rgb(139, 87, 204)
HSL	hsl(267, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(267, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 57.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.84, 45.00, -53.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.84, 69.54, 310.33°)
OKLab	oklab(56.94% 0.0921 -0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(56.94% 0.176 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.9522, 16.6649, 59.0171)
Luminance	0.1666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B57CC #98CC57

analogous

#575DCC #8B57CC #C657CC

triadic

#8B57CC #CC8B57 #57CC8B

tetradic

#8B57CC #CC575D #98CC57 #57CCC6

square

#8B57CC #CC575D #98CC57 #57CCC6

split-complementary

#8B57CC #CCC657 #5DCC57

monochromatic

#4F2781 #6C36B0 #8B57CC #AB86DA #CCB5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#8B57CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#8B57CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B57CC

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B57CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B57CC	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2271D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3871C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b57cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 87, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.176 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b188dc',
    500: '#8b57cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b57cc;
$custom-light: #b188dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b57cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 53.425,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56936,
    "c": 0.17597,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B57CC

secondary

#C2D7A8

accent

#DD4B9C

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B57CC

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

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