#8B57DD#8B57DD

#8B57DD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.196 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B57DD
RGB	rgb(139, 87, 221)
HSL	hsl(263, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(263, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 60.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.92, 49.30, -60.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.92, 78.41, 308.95°)
OKLab	oklab(58.07% 0.0917 -0.1734)
OKLCH	oklch(58.07% 0.196 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.1035, 17.5254, 70.3474)
Luminance	0.1753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B57DD #A9DD57

analogous

#5766DD #8B57DD #CE57DD

triadic

#8B57DD #DD8B57 #57DD8B

tetradic

#8B57DD #DD5766 #A9DD57 #57DDCE

square

#8B57DD #DD5766 #A9DD57 #57DDCE

split-complementary

#8B57DD #DDCE57 #66DD57

monochromatic

#4F1F9A #692ACD #8B57DD #AE8AE7 #D1BDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#8B57DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#8B57DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B57DD

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B57DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B57DD	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D73DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b57dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 87, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.196 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b289e8',
    500: '#8b57dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b57dd;
$custom-light: #b289e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b57dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.284,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58071,
    "c": 0.19613,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B57DD

secondary

#CEE1AE

accent

#CE1787

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B57DD

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

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