#8356E6#8356E6

#8356E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.207 H 293.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8356E6
RGB	rgb(131, 86, 230)
HSL	hsl(259, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(259, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 62.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.50, 50.52, -66.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.50, 83.74, 307.11°)
OKLab	oklab(57.77% 0.0817 -0.1907)
OKLCH	oklch(57.77% 0.207 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.9669, 17.1933, 76.7454)
Luminance	0.1719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8356E6 #B9E656

analogous

#5671E6 #8356E6 #CB56E6

triadic

#8356E6 #E68356 #56E683

tetradic

#8356E6 #E65671 #B9E656 #56E6CB

square

#8356E6 #E65671 #B9E656 #56E6CB

split-complementary

#8356E6 #E6CB56 #71E656

monochromatic

#4619A9 #5C21DE #8356E6 #AA8BEE #D1C1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#8356E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#8356E6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8356E6

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8356E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8356E6	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#677796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8356e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 86, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.207 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae88ef',
    500: '#8356e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8356e6;
$custom-light: #ae88ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8356e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.75,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57774,
    "c": 0.20744,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8356E6

secondary

#D6E6B1

accent

#D60F98

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110B17

muted

#807C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8356E6

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

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