#8D57BE#8D57BE

#8D57BE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.160 H 306.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D57BE
RGB	rgb(141, 87, 190)
HSL	hsl(271, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 54.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.23, 42.09, -45.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.23, 62.26, 312.53°)
OKLab	oklab(56.28% 0.0942 -0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(56.28% 0.16 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.6850, 16.1970, 50.5838)
Luminance	0.1620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D57BE #88BE57

analogous

#5A57BE #8D57BE #BE57BC

triadic

#8D57BE #BE8D57 #57BE8D

tetradic

#8D57BE #BE5A57 #88BE57 #57BCBE

square

#8D57BE #BE5A57 #88BE57 #57BCBE

split-complementary

#8D57BE #BCBE57 #57BE5A

monochromatic

#4F2B6F #6E3C9C #8D57BE #AB83CF #C9AFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#8D57BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#8D57BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D57BE

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D57BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D57BE	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#356EC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4770BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#856A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d57be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 87, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.160 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b188d2',
    500: '#8d57be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d57be;
$custom-light: #b188d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d57be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.456,
    "s": 44.206,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56277,
    "c": 0.15975,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D57BE

secondary

#B7CEA3

accent

#D45491

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#110B14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D57BE

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

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