#8E57BB#8E57BB

#8E57BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.156 H 307.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E57BB
RGB	rgb(142, 87, 187)
HSL	hsl(273, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(273, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 53.5%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.18, 41.64, -44.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.18, 60.74, 313.28°)
OKLab	oklab(56.21% 0.0953 -0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(56.21% 0.156 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.5314, 16.1553, 48.8827)
Luminance	0.1615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E57BB #84BB57

analogous

#5C57BB #8E57BB #BB57B6

triadic

#8E57BB #BB8E57 #57BB8E

tetradic

#8E57BB #BB5C57 #84BB57 #57B6BB

square

#8E57BB #BB5C57 #84BB57 #57B6BB

split-complementary

#8E57BB #B6BB57 #57BB5C

monochromatic

#4F2C6C #6F3D97 #8E57BB #AB83CD #C9AEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#8E57BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#8E57BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E57BB

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E57BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E57BB	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#386EBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A70B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#876981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e57bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 87, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.156 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b288d0',
    500: '#8e57bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e57bb;
$custom-light: #b288d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e57bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56208,
    "c": 0.15649,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E57BB

secondary

#B5CCA2

accent

#D2568E

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#110B14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E57BB

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

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