#8356EE#8356EE

#8356EE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.217 H 291.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8356EE
RGB	rgb(131, 86, 238)
HSL	hsl(258, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(258, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 63.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.07, 52.67, -70.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.07, 87.89, 306.82°)
OKLab	oklab(58.37% 0.0809 -0.2012)
OKLCH	oklch(58.37% 0.217 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.1162, 17.6530, 82.7983)
Luminance	0.1765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8356EE #C1EE56

analogous

#5675EE #8356EE #CF56EE

triadic

#8356EE #EE8356 #56EE83

tetradic

#8356EE #EE5675 #C1EE56 #56EECF

square

#8356EE #EE5675 #C1EE56 #56EECF

split-complementary

#8356EE #EECF56 #75EE56

monochromatic

#4312B7 #5A1EE8 #8356EE #AC8EF4 #D5C5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#8356EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#8356EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8356EE

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8356EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8356EE	1.00	4.63	4.53	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#637A9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8356ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 86, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.217 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af88f4',
    500: '#8356ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8356ee;
$custom-light: #af88f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8356ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.763,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58366,
    "c": 0.21689,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8356EE

secondary

#DBEBB5

accent

#DE079F

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#110C17

muted

#807D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8356EE

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

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