#8E57CC#8E57CC

#8E57CC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.177 H 302.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E57CC
RGB	rgb(142, 87, 204)
HSL	hsl(268, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(268, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 57.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.17, 45.73, -52.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.17, 69.59, 311.08°)
OKLab	oklab(57.26% 0.0959 -0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(57.26% 0.177 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.4601, 16.9268, 59.0409)
Luminance	0.1693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E57CC #95CC57

analogous

#575BCC #8E57CC #C957CC

triadic

#8E57CC #CC8E57 #57CC8E

tetradic

#8E57CC #CC575B #95CC57 #57CCC9

square

#8E57CC #CC575B #95CC57 #57CCC9

split-complementary

#8E57CC #CCC957 #5BCC57

monochromatic

#522781 #6F36B0 #8E57CC #AE86DA #CDB5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#8E57CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#8E57CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E57CC

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E57CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E57CC	1.00	4.79	4.39	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2471D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B72C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#826E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e57cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 87, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.177 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b388dc',
    500: '#8e57cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e57cc;
$custom-light: #b388dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e57cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.205,
    "s": 53.425,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57255,
    "c": 0.17659,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E57CC

secondary

#C1D7A8

accent

#DD4B98

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E57CC

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

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