#8E57DD#8E57DD

#8E57DD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.197 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E57DD
RGB	rgb(142, 87, 221)
HSL	hsl(265, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(265, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 60.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.24, 49.95, -60.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.24, 78.41, 309.57°)
OKLab	oklab(58.38% 0.0956 -0.1717)
OKLCH	oklch(58.38% 0.197 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.6114, 17.7873, 70.3712)
Luminance	0.1779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E57DD #A6DD57

analogous

#5763DD #8E57DD #D157DD

triadic

#8E57DD #DD8E57 #57DD8E

tetradic

#8E57DD #DD5763 #A6DD57 #57DDD1

square

#8E57DD #DD5763 #A6DD57 #57DDD1

split-complementary

#8E57DD #DDD157 #63DD57

monochromatic

#521F9A #6D2ACD #8E57DD #B08AE7 #D2BDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#8E57DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#8E57DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E57DD

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E57DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E57DD	1.00	4.61	4.56	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2374DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C7492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e57dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 87, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.197 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b489e8',
    500: '#8e57dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e57dd;
$custom-light: #b489e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e57dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.627,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58379,
    "c": 0.19654,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E57DD

secondary

#CCE1AE

accent

#CE1783

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E57DD

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

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