#8E57DE#8E57DE

#8E57DE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.198 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E57DE
RGB	rgb(142, 87, 222)
HSL	hsl(264, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(264, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 60.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.30, 50.20, -60.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.30, 78.93, 309.50°)
OKLab	oklab(58.45% 0.0956 -0.1731)
OKLCH	oklch(58.45% 0.198 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7451, 17.8408, 71.0750)
Luminance	0.1784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E57DE #A7DE57

analogous

#5764DE #8E57DE #D157DE

triadic

#8E57DE #DE8E57 #57DE8E

tetradic

#8E57DE #DE5764 #A7DE57 #57DED1

square

#8E57DE #DE5764 #A7DE57 #57DED1

split-complementary

#8E57DE #DED157 #64DE57

monochromatic

#521F9C #6C29CF #8E57DE #B08AE8 #D3BDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#8E57DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#8E57DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E57DE

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E57DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E57DE	1.00	4.60	4.57	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2174DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C7492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e57de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 87, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.198 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b489e9',
    500: '#8e57de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e57de;
$custom-light: #b489e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e57de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.444,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58447,
    "c": 0.1977,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E57DE

secondary

#CDE2AF

accent

#CF1684

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E57DE

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

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