#8E57BF#8E57BF

#8E57BF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.161 H 306.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E57BF
RGB	rgb(142, 87, 191)
HSL	hsl(272, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(272, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 54.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.40, 42.59, -46.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.40, 62.82, 312.68°)
OKLab	oklab(56.45% 0.0955 -0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(56.45% 0.161 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.9655, 16.3290, 51.1694)
Luminance	0.1633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E57BF #88BF57

analogous

#5A57BF #8E57BF #BF57BC

triadic

#8E57BF #BF8E57 #57BF8E

tetradic

#8E57BF #BF5A57 #88BF57 #57BCBF

square

#8E57BF #BF5A57 #88BF57 #57BCBF

split-complementary

#8E57BF #BCBF57 #57BF5A

monochromatic

#502B71 #6F3C9D #8E57BF #AC83D0 #CAB0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#8E57BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#8E57BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E57BF

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E57BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E57BF	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#346FC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4771BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#866A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e57bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 87, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.161 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b288d3',
    500: '#8e57bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e57bf;
$custom-light: #b288d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e57bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.731,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56447,
    "c": 0.16123,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E57BF

secondary

#B8CFA3

accent

#D55390

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#110B14

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E57BF

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

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