#8B57EB#8B57EB

#8B57EB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.212 H 295.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B57EB
RGB	rgb(139, 87, 235)
HSL	hsl(261, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(261, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 63%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.86, 52.90, -67.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.86, 85.65, 308.15°)
OKLab	oklab(59.06% 0.0908 -0.1921)
OKLCH	oklch(59.06% 0.212 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.0471, 18.3029, 80.5836)
Luminance	0.1830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8B57EB #B7EB57

analogous

#576DEB #8B57EB #D557EB

triadic

#8B57EB #EB8B57 #57EB8B

tetradic

#8B57EB #EB576D #B7EB57 #57EBD5

square

#8B57EB #EB576D #B7EB57 #57EBD5

split-complementary

#8B57EB #EBD557 #6DEB57

monochromatic

#4C15B2 #6520E4 #8B57EB #B18EF2 #D7C4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#8B57EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#8B57EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B57EB

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B57EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B57EB	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0074E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#727999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b57eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 87, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.212 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b389f2',
    500: '#8b57eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b57eb;
$custom-light: #b389f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b57eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.081,
    "s": 78.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59058,
    "c": 0.21248,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B57EB

secondary

#D7E9B4

accent

#DB0A92

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B57EB

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

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