#8E57E8#8E57E8

#8E57E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.209 H 297.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E57E8
RGB	rgb(142, 87, 232)
HSL	hsl(263, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(263, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 62.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.97, 52.74, -65.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.97, 84.08, 308.85°)
OKLab	oklab(59.14% 0.095 -0.1865)
OKLCH	oklch(59.14% 0.209 297)
XYZ	xyz(29.1253, 18.3929, 78.3440)
Luminance	0.1839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E57E8 #B1E857

analogous

#5768E8 #8E57E8 #D757E8

triadic

#8E57E8 #E88E57 #57E88E

tetradic

#8E57E8 #E85768 #B1E857 #57E8D7

square

#8E57E8 #E85768 #B1E857 #57E8D7

split-complementary

#8E57E8 #E8D757 #68E857

monochromatic

#5018AD #6A21E1 #8E57E8 #B28DEF #D6C3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#8E57E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#8E57E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E57E8

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E57E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E57E8	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0075E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e57e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 87, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.209 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b589f0',
    500: '#8e57e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e57e8;
$custom-light: #b589f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e57e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.759,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59143,
    "c": 0.2093,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.18393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E57E8

secondary

#D4E8B3

accent

#D80D8B

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E57E8

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

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