#8E57CA#8E57CA

#8E57CA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.174 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E57CA
RGB	rgb(142, 87, 202)
HSL	hsl(269, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(269, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 56.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.05, 45.24, -51.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.05, 68.55, 311.30°)
OKLab	oklab(57.13% 0.0959 -0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(57.13% 0.174 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.2218, 16.8315, 57.7857)
Luminance	0.1683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E57CA #93CA57

analogous

#575ACA #8E57CA #C857CA

triadic

#8E57CA #CA8E57 #57CA8E

tetradic

#8E57CA #CA575A #93CA57 #57CAC8

square

#8E57CA #CA575A #93CA57 #57CAC8

split-complementary

#8E57CA #CAC857 #5ACA57

monochromatic

#51287F #6F37AD #8E57CA #AD86D9 #CDB4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#8E57CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#8E57CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E57CA

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E57CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E57CA	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2771CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D72C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#836E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e57ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 87, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.174 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b288db',
    500: '#8e57ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e57ca;
$custom-light: #b288db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e57ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.696,
    "s": 52.036,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57128,
    "c": 0.17424,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E57CA

secondary

#BFD6A7

accent

#DB4C97

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E57CA

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

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