#8E57D8#8E57D8

#8E57D8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.191 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E57D8
RGB	rgb(142, 87, 216)
HSL	hsl(266, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(266, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 59.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.91, 48.70, -58.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.91, 75.82, 309.96°)
OKLab	oklab(58.04% 0.0958 -0.1649)
OKLCH	oklch(58.04% 0.191 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.9552, 17.5248, 66.9150)
Luminance	0.1752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E57D8 #A1D857

analogous

#5761D8 #8E57D8 #CE57D8

triadic

#8E57D8 #D88E57 #57D88E

tetradic

#8E57D8 #D85761 #A1D857 #57D8CE

square

#8E57D8 #D85761 #A1D857 #57D8CE

split-complementary

#8E57D8 #D8CE57 #61D857

monochromatic

#522293 #6E2EC4 #8E57D8 #AF89E4 #D1BAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#8E57D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#8E57D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E57D8

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E57D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E57D8	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0374DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C73D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E728F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e57d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 87, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.191 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b389e5',
    500: '#8e57d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e57d8;
$custom-light: #b389e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e57d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.581,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58041,
    "c": 0.1907,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E57D8

secondary

#C9DFAC

accent

#E542A0

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E57D8

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

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