#8E57EB#8E57EB

#8E57EB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.213 H 296.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E57EB
RGB	rgb(142, 87, 235)
HSL	hsl(262, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(262, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 63%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.17, 53.51, -66.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.17, 85.61, 308.68°)
OKLab	oklab(59.36% 0.0947 -0.1905)
OKLCH	oklch(59.36% 0.213 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.5550, 18.5648, 80.6074)
Luminance	0.1857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E57EB #B4EB57

analogous

#576AEB #8E57EB #D857EB

triadic

#8E57EB #EB8E57 #57EB8E

tetradic

#8E57EB #EB576A #B4EB57 #57EBD8

square

#8E57EB #EB576A #B4EB57 #57EBD8

split-complementary

#8E57EB #EBD857 #6AEB57

monochromatic

#5015B2 #6920E4 #8E57EB #B38EF2 #D8C4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#8E57EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#8E57EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E57EB

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E57EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E57EB	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0075E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#777999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e57eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 87, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.213 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b589f2',
    500: '#8e57eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e57eb;
$custom-light: #b589f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e57eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.297,
    "s": 78.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59356,
    "c": 0.21275,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E57EB

secondary

#D6E9B4

accent

#DB0A8E

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E57EB

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