#8E57CD#8E57CD

#8E57CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.178 H 302.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E57CD
RGB	rgb(142, 87, 205)
HSL	hsl(268, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(268, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 57.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.23, 45.97, -52.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.23, 70.11, 310.98°)
OKLab	oklab(57.32% 0.0959 -0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(57.32% 0.178 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.5805, 16.9749, 59.6746)
Luminance	0.1698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E57CD #96CD57

analogous

#575BCD #8E57CD #C957CD

triadic

#8E57CD #CD8E57 #57CD8E

tetradic

#8E57CD #CD575B #96CD57 #57CDC9

square

#8E57CD #CD575B #96CD57 #57CDC9

split-complementary

#8E57CD #CDC957 #5BCD57

monochromatic

#522783 #6F35B2 #8E57CD #AE86DB #CDB5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#8E57CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#8E57CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E57CD

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E57CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E57CD	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2371D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A72CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#826F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e57cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 87, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.178 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b389dd',
    500: '#8e57cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e57cd;
$custom-light: #b389dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e57cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.966,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57319,
    "c": 0.17778,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E57CD

secondary

#C2D8A8

accent

#DD4A99

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E57CD

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

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