#8E57E4#8E57E4

#8E57E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.205 H 297.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E57E4
RGB	rgb(142, 87, 228)
HSL	hsl(263, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(263, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 61.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.70, 51.72, -63.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.70, 82.02, 309.09°)
OKLab	oklab(58.86% 0.0952 -0.1812)
OKLCH	oklch(58.86% 0.205 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.5636, 18.1682, 75.3857)
Luminance	0.1817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E57E4 #ADE457

analogous

#5767E4 #8E57E4 #D457E4

triadic

#8E57E4 #E48E57 #57E48E

tetradic

#8E57E4 #E45767 #ADE457 #57E4D4

square

#8E57E4 #E45767 #ADE457 #57E4D4

split-complementary

#8E57E4 #E4D457 #67E457

monochromatic

#511BA6 #6B23DB #8E57E4 #B18CEC #D5C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#8E57E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#8E57E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E57E4

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E57E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E57E4	1.00	4.53	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E75E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A7696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e57e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 87, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.205 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b489ed',
    500: '#8e57e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e57e4;
$custom-light: #b489ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e57e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.404,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58862,
    "c": 0.20467,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E57E4

secondary

#D1E6B1

accent

#D41188

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E57E4

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

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