#8C57EB#8C57EB

#8C57EB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.213 H 295.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C57EB
RGB	rgb(140, 87, 235)
HSL	hsl(261, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(261, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 63%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.97, 53.10, -67.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.97, 85.64, 308.32°)
OKLab	oklab(59.16% 0.0921 -0.1916)
OKLCH	oklch(59.16% 0.213 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.2149, 18.3894, 80.5914)
Luminance	0.1839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C57EB #B6EB57

analogous

#576CEB #8C57EB #D657EB

triadic

#8C57EB #EB8C57 #57EB8C

tetradic

#8C57EB #EB576C #B6EB57 #57EBD6

square

#8C57EB #EB576C #B6EB57 #57EBD6

split-complementary

#8C57EB #EBD657 #6CEB57

monochromatic

#4E15B2 #6720E4 #8C57EB #B18EF2 #D7C4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#8C57EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#8C57EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C57EB

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C57EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C57EB	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0075E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#747999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c57eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 87, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.213 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b489f2',
    500: '#8c57eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c57eb;
$custom-light: #b489f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c57eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.486,
    "s": 78.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59157,
    "c": 0.21256,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C57EB

secondary

#D6E9B4

accent

#DB0A90

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C57EB

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