#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
RGB	rgb(142, 87, 203)
HSL	hsl(268, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(268, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 57.1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.11, 45.48, -51.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.11, 69.07, 311.19°)
OKLab	oklab(57.19% 0.0959 -0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(57.19% 0.175 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.3406, 16.8790, 58.4113)
Luminance	0.1688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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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
##8E57CB	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #8E57CB

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

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