#8E57E7#8E57E7

#8E57E7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.208 H 297.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E57E7
RGB	rgb(142, 87, 231)
HSL	hsl(263, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(263, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 62.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.90, 52.49, -65.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.90, 83.56, 308.91°)
OKLab	oklab(59.07% 0.095 -0.1852)
OKLCH	oklch(59.07% 0.208 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.9836, 18.3362, 77.5980)
Luminance	0.1834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E57E7 #B0E757

analogous

#5768E7 #8E57E7 #D657E7

triadic

#8E57E7 #E78E57 #57E78E

tetradic

#8E57E7 #E75768 #B0E757 #57E7D6

square

#8E57E7 #E75768 #B0E757 #57E7D6

split-complementary

#8E57E7 #E7D657 #68E757

monochromatic

#5018AB #6A21DF #8E57E7 #B28DEF #D6C2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#8E57E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#8E57E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E57E7

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E57E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E57E7	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0075E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e57e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 87, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.208 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b589ef',
    500: '#8e57e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e57e7;
$custom-light: #b589ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e57e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.917,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59072,
    "c": 0.20814,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E57E7

secondary

#D3E7B3

accent

#D70E8A

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E57E7

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

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