#8B57E7#8B57E7

#8B57E7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.208 H 296.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B57E7
RGB	rgb(139, 87, 231)
HSL	hsl(262, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(262, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 62.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.59, 51.87, -65.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.59, 83.59, 308.35°)
OKLab	oklab(58.77% 0.0911 -0.1868)
OKLCH	oklch(58.77% 0.208 296)
XYZ	xyz(28.4757, 18.0743, 77.5742)
Luminance	0.1807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B57E7 #B3E757

analogous

#576BE7 #8B57E7 #D357E7

triadic

#8B57E7 #E78B57 #57E78B

tetradic

#8B57E7 #E7576B #B3E757 #57E7D3

square

#8B57E7 #E7576B #B3E757 #57E7D3

split-complementary

#8B57E7 #E7D357 #6BE757

monochromatic

#4D18AB #6621DF #8B57E7 #B08DEF #D5C2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#8B57E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#8B57E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B57E7

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B57E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B57E7	1.00	4.55	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0074E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#747897

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b57e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 87, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.208 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b389ef',
    500: '#8b57e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b57e7;
$custom-light: #b389ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b57e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.667,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58771,
    "c": 0.20784,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.18075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B57E7

secondary

#D4E7B3

accent

#D70E8F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B57E7

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

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