#8E57CB#8E57CB

#8E57CB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.175 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8E57CB
RGBrgb(142, 87, 203)
HSLhsl(268, 53%, 57%)
HSVhsv(268, 57%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(30%, 57.1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LABlab(48.11, 45.48, -51.98)
CIE-LCHlch(48.11, 69.07, 311.19°)
OKLaboklab(57.19% 0.0959 -0.1469)
OKLCHoklch(57.19% 0.175 303.2)
XYZxyz(25.3406, 16.8790, 58.4113)
Luminance0.1688 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8E57CB #94CB57
analogous
#575ACB #8E57CB #C857CB
triadic
#8E57CB #CB8E57 #57CB8E
tetradic
#8E57CB #CB575A #94CB57 #57CBC8
square
#8E57CB #CB575A #94CB57 #57CBC8
split-complementary
#8E57CB #CBC857 #5ACB57
monochromatic
#522880 #6F36AF #8E57CB #AD86D9 #CDB4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80
#8E57CB on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38
#8E57CB on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E57CB
4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8E57CB#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8E57CB1.004.804.384.80
#FFFFFF4.801.0021.001.00
#0000004.3821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.801.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#2671CF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#3C72C8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#836E89
Achromatopsia (no color)
#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8e57cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 87, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.175 303.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b388db',
    500: '#8e57cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8e57cb;
$custom-light: #b388db;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8e57cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.448,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57192,
    "c": 0.17542,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8E57CB
secondary
#C0D7A7
accent
#DC4C98
background
#FBF8FD
surface
#F6F0FB
border
#D0CBD4
text
#110C15
muted
#807D83

Preview Lab

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#8E57CB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva