#8556E4#8556E4

#8556E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.205 H 294.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8556E4
RGB	rgb(133, 86, 228)
HSL	hsl(260, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(260, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 62.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.56, 50.39, -65.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.56, 82.67, 307.56°)
OKLab	oklab(57.82% 0.0845 -0.187)
OKLCH	oklch(57.82% 0.205 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0005, 17.2429, 75.2894)
Luminance	0.1724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8556E4 #B5E456

analogous

#566EE4 #8556E4 #CC56E4

triadic

#8556E4 #E48556 #56E485

tetradic

#8556E4 #E4566E #B5E456 #56E4CC

square

#8556E4 #E4566E #B5E456 #56E4CC

split-complementary

#8556E4 #E4CC56 #6EE456

monochromatic

#481AA5 #5F23DA #8556E4 #AB8BEC #D1C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#8556E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#8556E4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8556E4

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8556E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8556E4	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C7695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8556e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 86, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.205 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af88ed',
    500: '#8556e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8556e4;
$custom-light: #af88ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8556e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.859,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57822,
    "c": 0.20517,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8556E4

secondary

#D4E5B0

accent

#D51194

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8556E4

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

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