#8B57EC#8B57EC

#8B57EC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.214 H 295.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B57EC
RGB	rgb(139, 87, 236)
HSL	hsl(261, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(261, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 63.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.93, 53.16, -67.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.93, 86.16, 308.10°)
OKLab	oklab(59.13% 0.0907 -0.1935)
OKLCH	oklch(59.13% 0.214 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.1920, 18.3608, 81.3466)
Luminance	0.1836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B57EC #B8EC57

analogous

#576DEC #8B57EC #D657EC

triadic

#8B57EC #EC8B57 #57EC8B

tetradic

#8B57EC #EC576D #B8EC57 #57ECD6

square

#8B57EC #EC576D #B8EC57 #57ECD6

split-complementary

#8B57EC #ECD657 #6DEC57

monochromatic

#4C14B4 #6520E6 #8B57EC #B18EF2 #D7C5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#8B57EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#8B57EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B57EC

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B57EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B57EC	1.00	4.49	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0074E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72799A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b57ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 87, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.214 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b389f3',
    500: '#8b57ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b57ec;
$custom-light: #b389f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b57ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.94,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5913,
    "c": 0.21365,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B57EC

secondary

#D7EAB5

accent

#DC0A93

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B57EC

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

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