#8B57D2#8B57D2

#8B57D2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.183 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B57D2
RGB	rgb(139, 87, 210)
HSL	hsl(265, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(265, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 58.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.21, 46.51, -55.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.21, 72.68, 309.78°)
OKLab	oklab(57.33% 0.092 -0.1583)
OKLCH	oklch(57.33% 0.183 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.6857, 16.9583, 62.8803)
Luminance	0.1696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B57D2 #9ED257

analogous

#5760D2 #8B57D2 #C857D2

triadic

#8B57D2 #D28B57 #57D28B

tetradic

#8B57D2 #D25760 #9ED257 #57D2C8

square

#8B57D2 #D25760 #9ED257 #57D2C8

split-complementary

#8B57D2 #D2C857 #60D257

monochromatic

#50258A #6B32BA #8B57D2 #AC87DF #CEB8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#8B57D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#8B57D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B57D2

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B57D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B57D2	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1572D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3072CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C718C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b57d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 87, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.183 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b188e0',
    500: '#8b57d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b57d2;
$custom-light: #b188e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b57d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.366,
    "s": 57.746,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57328,
    "c": 0.18312,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B57D2

secondary

#C6DBAA

accent

#E147A0

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B57D2

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →