#8456E4#8456E4

#8456E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.205 H 293.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8456E4
RGB	rgb(132, 86, 228)
HSL	hsl(259, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(259, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 62.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.46, 50.19, -65.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.46, 82.68, 307.37°)
OKLab	oklab(57.73% 0.0832 -0.1875)
OKLCH	oklch(57.73% 0.205 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.8433, 17.1618, 75.2820)
Luminance	0.1716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8456E4 #B6E456

analogous

#566FE4 #8456E4 #CB56E4

triadic

#8456E4 #E48456 #56E484

tetradic

#8456E4 #E4566F #B6E456 #56E4CB

square

#8456E4 #E4566F #B6E456 #56E4CB

split-complementary

#8456E4 #E4CB56 #6FE456

monochromatic

#471AA5 #5E23DA #8456E4 #AA8BEC #D1C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#8456E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#8456E4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8456E4

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8456E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8456E4	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A7795

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8456e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 86, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.205 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae88ed',
    500: '#8456e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8456e4;
$custom-light: #ae88ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8456e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.437,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57725,
    "c": 0.20512,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8456E4

secondary

#D4E5B0

accent

#D51195

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8456E4

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

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