#8D57E1#8D57E1

#8D57E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.201 H 297.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D57E1
RGB	rgb(141, 87, 225)
HSL	hsl(263, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(263, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 61.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.39, 50.75, -62.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.39, 80.48, 309.09°)
OKLab	oklab(58.55% 0.0941 -0.1777)
OKLCH	oklch(58.55% 0.201 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.9799, 17.9150, 73.2034)
Luminance	0.1792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D57E1 #ABE157

analogous

#5766E1 #8D57E1 #D257E1

triadic

#8D57E1 #E18D57 #57E18D

tetradic

#8D57E1 #E15766 #ABE157 #57E1D2

square

#8D57E1 #E15766 #ABE157 #57E1D2

split-complementary

#8D57E1 #E1D257 #66E157

monochromatic

#501DA1 #6A26D5 #8D57E1 #B08BEA #D3BFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#8D57E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#8D57E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D57E1

4.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D57E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D57E1	1.00	4.58	4.58	4.58
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1674DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#797594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d57e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 87, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.201 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b489eb',
    500: '#8d57e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d57e1;
$custom-light: #b489eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d57e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.478,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58551,
    "c": 0.20106,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D57E1

secondary

#D0E4B0

accent

#D21487

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D57E1

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

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