#8B57DA#8B57DA

#8B57DA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.193 H 298.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B57DA
RGB	rgb(139, 87, 218)
HSL	hsl(264, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(264, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 60.1%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.72, 48.53, -59.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.72, 76.85, 309.16°)
OKLab	oklab(57.87% 0.0918 -0.1693)
OKLCH	oklch(57.87% 0.193 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.7074, 17.3670, 68.2612)
Luminance	0.1737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B57DA #A6DA57

analogous

#5765DA #8B57DA #CD57DA

triadic

#8B57DA #DA8B57 #57DA8B

tetradic

#8B57DA #DA5765 #A6DA57 #57DACD

square

#8B57DA #DA5765 #A6DA57 #57DACD

split-complementary

#8B57DA #DACD57 #65DA57

monochromatic

#4F2196 #6A2CC8 #8B57DA #AE89E5 #D0BBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#8B57DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#8B57DA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B57DA

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B57DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B57DA	1.00	4.69	4.47	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2372D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#797390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b57da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 87, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.193 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b289e6',
    500: '#8b57da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b57da;
$custom-light: #b289e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b57da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.817,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57865,
    "c": 0.1926,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B57DA

secondary

#CCE0AD

accent

#E741A5

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B57DA

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

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