#8556E1#8556E1

#8556E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.202 H 294.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8556E1
RGB	rgb(133, 86, 225)
HSL	hsl(260, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(260, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 61.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.36, 49.60, -64.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.36, 81.11, 307.70°)
OKLab	oklab(57.61% 0.0847 -0.183)
OKLCH	oklch(57.61% 0.202 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.5877, 17.0777, 73.1151)
Luminance	0.1708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8556E1 #B2E156

analogous

#566CE1 #8556E1 #CA56E1

triadic

#8556E1 #E18556 #56E185

tetradic

#8556E1 #E1566C #B2E156 #56E1CA

square

#8556E1 #E1566C #B2E156 #56E1CA

split-complementary

#8556E1 #E1CA56 #6CE156

monochromatic

#491CA0 #6126D4 #8556E1 #AB8AEA #D0BEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#8556E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#8556E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8556E1

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8556E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8556E1	1.00	4.76	4.42	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D7594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8556e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 86, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.202 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae88eb',
    500: '#8556e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8556e1;
$custom-light: #ae88eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8556e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.288,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57606,
    "c": 0.20163,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8556E1

secondary

#D2E4AF

accent

#D21492

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8556E1

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

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