#8B57D8#8B57D8

#8B57D8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.190 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B57D8
RGB	rgb(139, 87, 216)
HSL	hsl(264, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(264, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 59.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.59, 48.02, -58.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.59, 75.81, 309.31°)
OKLab	oklab(57.73% 0.0919 -0.1666)
OKLCH	oklch(57.73% 0.19 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.4473, 17.2629, 66.8911)
Luminance	0.1726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B57D8 #A4D857

analogous

#5764D8 #8B57D8 #CC57D8

triadic

#8B57D8 #D88B57 #57D88B

tetradic

#8B57D8 #D85764 #A4D857 #57D8CC

square

#8B57D8 #D85764 #A4D857 #57D8CC

split-complementary

#8B57D8 #D8CC57 #64D857

monochromatic

#4F2293 #6A2EC4 #8B57D8 #AD89E4 #D0BAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#8B57D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#8B57D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B57D8

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B57D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B57D8	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2772D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A728F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b57d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 87, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.190 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b189e5',
    500: '#8b57d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b57d8;
$custom-light: #b189e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b57d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.186,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5773,
    "c": 0.19023,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B57D8

secondary

#CADFAC

accent

#E542A4

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B57D8

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

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