#8B57CF#8B57CF

#8B57CF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.180 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B57CF
RGB	rgb(139, 87, 207)
HSL	hsl(266, 56%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(266, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 58%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.02, 45.75, -54.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.02, 71.11, 310.05°)
OKLab	oklab(57.13% 0.0921 -0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(57.13% 0.18 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.3155, 16.8102, 60.9304)
Luminance	0.1681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B57CF #9BCF57

analogous

#575FCF #8B57CF #C757CF

triadic

#8B57CF #CF8B57 #57CF8B

tetradic

#8B57CF #CF575F #9BCF57 #57CFC7

square

#8B57CF #CF575F #9BCF57 #57CFC7

split-complementary

#8B57CF #CFC757 #5FCF57

monochromatic

#4F2685 #6C34B5 #8B57CF #AC87DD #CDB6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#8B57CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#8B57CF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B57CF

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B57CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B57CF	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C71D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3471CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D708B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b57cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 87, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.180 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b188de',
    500: '#8b57cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b57cf;
$custom-light: #b188de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b57cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57131,
    "c": 0.17955,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B57CF

secondary

#C4D9A9

accent

#DF499E

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B57CF

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

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