#8B57CE#8B57CE

#8B57CE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.178 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B57CE
RGB	rgb(139, 87, 206)
HSL	hsl(266, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(266, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 57.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.96, 45.50, -53.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.96, 70.58, 310.14°)
OKLab	oklab(57.07% 0.0921 -0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(57.07% 0.178 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.1936, 16.7615, 60.2885)
Luminance	0.1676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B57CE #9ACE57

analogous

#575FCE #8B57CE #C657CE

triadic

#8B57CE #CE8B57 #57CE8B

tetradic

#8B57CE #CE575F #9ACE57 #57CEC6

square

#8B57CE #CE575F #9ACE57 #57CEC6

split-complementary

#8B57CE #CEC657 #5FCE57

monochromatic

#4F2784 #6C34B3 #8B57CE #AC86DC #CCB6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#8B57CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#8B57CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B57CE

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B57CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B57CE	1.00	4.82	4.35	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E71D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3571CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D6F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b57ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 87, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.178 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b188de',
    500: '#8b57ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b57ce;
$custom-light: #b188de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b57ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.218,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57066,
    "c": 0.17836,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B57CE

secondary

#C3D8A8

accent

#DE4A9D

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B57CE

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

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