#8E57DF#8E57DF

#8E57DF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.199 H 298.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E57DF
RGB	rgb(142, 87, 223)
HSL	hsl(264, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(264, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.3%, 61%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.37, 50.46, -61.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.37, 79.44, 309.43°)
OKLab	oklab(58.51% 0.0955 -0.1744)
OKLCH	oklch(58.51% 0.199 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.8795, 17.8946, 71.7829)
Luminance	0.1789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E57DF #A8DF57

analogous

#5764DF #8E57DF #D257DF

triadic

#8E57DF #DF8E57 #57DF8E

tetradic

#8E57DF #DF5764 #A8DF57 #57DFD2

square

#8E57DF #DF5764 #A8DF57 #57DFD2

split-complementary

#8E57DF #DFD257 #64DF57

monochromatic

#521E9E #6C28D1 #8E57DF #B18AE9 #D3BEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#8E57DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#8E57DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E57DF

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E57DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E57DF	1.00	4.59	4.58	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E74DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C7593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e57df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 87, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.199 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b489ea',
    500: '#8e57df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e57df;
$custom-light: #b489ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e57df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.265,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58515,
    "c": 0.19886,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E57DF

secondary

#CEE3AF

accent

#D01685

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E57DF

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

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