#8A56B3#8A56B3

#8A56B3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.147 H 308.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A56B3
RGB	rgb(138, 86, 179)
HSL	hsl(274, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(274, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 52%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.06, 39.23, -41.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.06, 57.00, 313.49°)
OKLab	oklab(55.14% 0.0909 -0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(55.14% 0.147 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.9441, 15.3138, 44.4389)
Luminance	0.1531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A56B3 #7FB356

analogous

#5C56B3 #8A56B3 #B356AE

triadic

#8A56B3 #B38A56 #56B38A

tetradic

#8A56B3 #B35C56 #7FB356 #56AEB3

square

#8A56B3 #B35C56 #7FB356 #56AEB3

split-complementary

#8A56B3 #AEB356 #56B35C

monochromatic

#4B2C62 #6A3F8D #8A56B3 #A780C6 #C4AAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#8A56B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#8A56B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A56B3

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A56B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A56B3	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B6BB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B6EB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84667C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a56b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 86, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.147 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae87ca',
    500: '#8a56b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a56b3;
$custom-light: #ae87ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a56b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.548,
    "s": 37.959,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55136,
    "c": 0.14729,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A56B3

secondary

#B0C79E

accent

#CE5A8D

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5F0F8

border

#CFCBD1

text

#110B13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A56B3

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

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