#8E57EA#8E57EA

#8E57EA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.212 H 296.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E57EA
RGB	rgb(142, 87, 234)
HSL	hsl(262, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(262, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 62.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.11, 53.25, -66.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.11, 85.10, 308.74°)
OKLab	oklab(59.29% 0.0948 -0.1892)
OKLCH	oklch(59.29% 0.212 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4110, 18.5071, 79.8486)
Luminance	0.1851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E57EA #B3EA57

analogous

#5769EA #8E57EA #D857EA

triadic

#8E57EA #EA8E57 #57EA8E

tetradic

#8E57EA #EA5769 #B3EA57 #57EAD8

square

#8E57EA #EA5769 #B3EA57 #57EAD8

split-complementary

#8E57EA #EAD857 #69EA57

monochromatic

#5016B1 #6921E3 #8E57EA #B38DF1 #D7C4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#8E57EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#8E57EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E57EA

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E57EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E57EA	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0075E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#777899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e57ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 87, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.212 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b589f2',
    500: '#8e57ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e57ea;
$custom-light: #b589f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e57ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.449,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59285,
    "c": 0.2116,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E57EA

secondary

#D5E9B4

accent

#DA0B8D

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E57EA

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

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