#8B57E4#8B57E4

#8B57E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.204 H 296.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B57E4
RGB	rgb(139, 87, 228)
HSL	hsl(262, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(262, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 61.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.38, 51.09, -64.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.38, 82.04, 308.52°)
OKLab	oklab(58.56% 0.0913 -0.1828)
OKLCH	oklch(58.56% 0.204 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.0556, 17.9063, 75.3619)
Luminance	0.1791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B57E4 #B0E457

analogous

#576AE4 #8B57E4 #D257E4

triadic

#8B57E4 #E48B57 #57E48B

tetradic

#8B57E4 #E4576A #B0E457 #57E4D2

square

#8B57E4 #E4576A #B0E457 #57E4D2

split-complementary

#8B57E4 #E4D257 #6AE457

monochromatic

#4E1BA6 #6723DB #8B57E4 #AF8CEC #D4C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#8B57E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#8B57E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B57E4

4.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B57E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B57E4	1.00	4.58	4.58	4.58
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0074E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#757796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b57e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 87, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.204 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b389ed',
    500: '#8b57e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b57e4;
$custom-light: #b389ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b57e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.128,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58559,
    "c": 0.20435,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B57E4

secondary

#D2E6B1

accent

#D4118C

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B57E4

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

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