#8E57DA#8E57DA

#8E57DA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.193 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E57DA
RGB	rgb(142, 87, 218)
HSL	hsl(265, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(265, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 60.1%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.04, 49.20, -59.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.04, 76.86, 309.80°)
OKLab	oklab(58.18% 0.0957 -0.1676)
OKLCH	oklch(58.18% 0.193 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.2153, 17.6289, 68.2850)
Luminance	0.1763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E57DA #A3DA57

analogous

#5762DA #8E57DA #D057DA

triadic

#8E57DA #DA8E57 #57DA8E

tetradic

#8E57DA #DA5762 #A3DA57 #57DAD0

square

#8E57DA #DA5762 #A3DA57 #57DAD0

split-complementary

#8E57DA #DAD057 #62DA57

monochromatic

#522196 #6D2CC8 #8E57DA #B089E5 #D1BBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#8E57DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#8E57DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E57DA

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E57DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E57DA	1.00	4.64	4.53	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2874D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E7390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e57da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 87, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.193 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b489e6',
    500: '#8e57da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e57da;
$custom-light: #b489e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e57da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.191,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58175,
    "c": 0.19304,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E57DA

secondary

#CAE0AD

accent

#E741A1

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E57DA

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

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