#8556E5#8556E5

#8556E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.206 H 294.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8556E5
RGB	rgb(133, 86, 229)
HSL	hsl(260, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(260, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.9%, 62.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.63, 50.65, -65.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.63, 83.19, 307.51°)
OKLab	oklab(57.89% 0.0844 -0.1883)
OKLCH	oklch(57.89% 0.206 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.1397, 17.2986, 76.0226)
Luminance	0.1730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8556E5 #B6E556

analogous

#566FE5 #8556E5 #CC56E5

triadic

#8556E5 #E58556 #56E585

tetradic

#8556E5 #E5566F #B6E556 #56E5CC

square

#8556E5 #E5566F #B6E556 #56E5CC

split-complementary

#8556E5 #E5CC56 #6FE556

monochromatic

#481AA7 #5F22DC #8556E5 #AB8BED #D2C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#8556E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#8556E5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8556E5

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8556E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8556E5	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B7796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8556e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 86, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.206 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af88ee',
    500: '#8556e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8556e5;
$custom-light: #af88ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8556e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.72,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57894,
    "c": 0.20636,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8556E5

secondary

#D4E6B1

accent

#D51095

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8556E5

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

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