#8A56B2#8A56B2

#8A56B2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.146 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A56B2
RGB	rgb(138, 86, 178)
HSL	hsl(274, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(274, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 51.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.01, 38.99, -40.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.01, 56.48, 313.67°)
OKLab	oklab(55.08% 0.0908 -0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(55.08% 0.146 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.8433, 15.2735, 43.9082)
Luminance	0.1527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A56B2 #7EB256

analogous

#5C56B2 #8A56B2 #B256AC

triadic

#8A56B2 #B28A56 #56B28A

tetradic

#8A56B2 #B25C56 #7EB256 #56ACB2

square

#8A56B2 #B25C56 #7EB256 #56ACB2

split-complementary

#8A56B2 #ACB256 #56B25C

monochromatic

#4A2C61 #6A3F8B #8A56B2 #A780C5 #C4AAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#8A56B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#8A56B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A56B2

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A56B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A56B2	1.00	5.18	4.05	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C6BB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C6EB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84667C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a56b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 86, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.146 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae87c9',
    500: '#8a56b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a56b2;
$custom-light: #ae87c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a56b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.913,
    "s": 37.398,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55078,
    "c": 0.1461,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A56B2

secondary

#AFC69E

accent

#CD5A8C

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5F0F8

border

#CFCBD1

text

#110B13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A56B2

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

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