#8E57DC#8E57DC

#8E57DC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.195 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E57DC
RGB	rgb(142, 87, 220)
HSL	hsl(265, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(265, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 60.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.17, 49.70, -59.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.17, 77.89, 309.65°)
OKLab	oklab(58.31% 0.0957 -0.1703)
OKLCH	oklch(58.31% 0.195 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.4786, 17.7342, 69.6716)
Luminance	0.1773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E57DC #A5DC57

analogous

#5762DC #8E57DC #D057DC

triadic

#8E57DC #DC8E57 #57DC8E

tetradic

#8E57DC #DC5762 #A5DC57 #57DCD0

square

#8E57DC #DC5762 #A5DC57 #57DCD0

split-complementary

#8E57DC #DCD057 #62DC57

monochromatic

#522099 #6D2ACB #8E57DC #B08AE7 #D2BCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#8E57DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#8E57DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E57DC

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E57DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E57DC	1.00	4.62	4.55	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2574D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D7491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e57dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 87, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.195 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b489e8',
    500: '#8e57dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e57dc;
$custom-light: #b489e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e57dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.812,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58311,
    "c": 0.19537,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E57DC

secondary

#CCE1AE

accent

#CD1882

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E57DC

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

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