#8E57DB#8E57DB

#8E57DB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.194 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E57DB
RGB	rgb(142, 87, 219)
HSL	hsl(265, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(265, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 60.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.11, 49.45, -59.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.11, 77.38, 309.72°)
OKLab	oklab(58.24% 0.0957 -0.169)
OKLCH	oklch(58.24% 0.194 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.3466, 17.6814, 68.9762)
Luminance	0.1768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E57DB #A4DB57

analogous

#5762DB #8E57DB #D057DB

triadic

#8E57DB #DB8E57 #57DB8E

tetradic

#8E57DB #DB5762 #A4DB57 #57DBD0

square

#8E57DB #DB5762 #A4DB57 #57DBD0

split-complementary

#8E57DB #DBD057 #62DB57

monochromatic

#522097 #6D2BCA #8E57DB #B089E6 #D2BCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#8E57DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#8E57DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E57DB

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E57DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E57DB	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2774D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D7391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e57db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 87, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.194 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b489e7',
    500: '#8e57db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e57db;
$custom-light: #b489e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e57db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58243,
    "c": 0.19421,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E57DB

secondary

#CBE0AD

accent

#E840A2

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E57DB

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

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