#8E57E5#8E57E5

#8E57E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.206 H 297.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E57E5
RGB	rgb(142, 87, 229)
HSL	hsl(263, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(263, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 62%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.77, 51.98, -64.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.77, 82.54, 309.03°)
OKLab	oklab(58.93% 0.0952 -0.1825)
OKLCH	oklch(58.93% 0.206 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.7028, 18.2239, 76.1189)
Luminance	0.1822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E57E5 #AEE557

analogous

#5767E5 #8E57E5 #D557E5

triadic

#8E57E5 #E58E57 #57E58E

tetradic

#8E57E5 #E55767 #AEE557 #57E5D5

square

#8E57E5 #E55767 #AEE557 #57E5D5

split-complementary

#8E57E5 #E5D557 #67E557

monochromatic

#511AA8 #6A22DD #8E57E5 #B28CED #D5C1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#8E57E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#8E57E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E57E5

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E57E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E57E5	1.00	4.52	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0975E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#797796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e57e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 87, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.206 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b589ee',
    500: '#8e57e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e57e5;
$custom-light: #b589ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e57e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.239,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58932,
    "c": 0.20583,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E57E5

secondary

#D2E6B2

accent

#D51089

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E57E5

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

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