#8556FF#8556FF

#8556FF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.237 H 290.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8556FF
RGB	rgb(133, 86, 255)
HSL	hsl(257, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(257, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 66.3%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.52, 57.60, -77.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.52, 96.54, 306.63°)
OKLab	oklab(59.85% 0.0815 -0.2221)
OKLCH	oklch(59.85% 0.237 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.0455, 18.8609, 96.5931)
Luminance	0.1886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8556FF #D0FF56

analogous

#567CFF #8556FF #D956FF

triadic

#8556FF #FF8556 #56FF85

tetradic

#8556FF #FF567C #D0FF56 #56FFD9

square

#8556FF #FF567C #D0FF56 #56FFD9

split-complementary

#8556FF #FFD956 #7CFF56

monochromatic

#3D00DB #5919FF #8556FF #B193FF #DDD0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#8556FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#8556FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8556FF

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8556FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8556FF	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0074FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D80A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8556ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 86, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.237 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b289ff',
    500: '#8556ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8556ff;
$custom-light: #b289ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8556ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.686,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59851,
    "c": 0.23657,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8556FF

secondary

#E4F3BD

accent

#E600A6

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C18

muted

#817D86

Preview Lab

Preview with #8556FF

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

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