#8A56BA#8A56BA

#8A56BA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.156 H 306.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A56BA
RGB	rgb(138, 86, 186)
HSL	hsl(271, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(271, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 53.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.45, 40.90, -44.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.45, 60.67, 312.38°)
OKLab	oklab(55.55% 0.0915 -0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(55.55% 0.156 306)
XYZ	xyz(22.6701, 15.6042, 48.2625)
Luminance	0.1560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A56BA #86BA56

analogous

#5856BA #8A56BA #BA56B8

triadic

#8A56BA #BA8A56 #56BA8A

tetradic

#8A56BA #BA5856 #86BA56 #56B8BA

square

#8A56BA #BA5856 #86BA56 #56B8BA

split-complementary

#8A56BA #B8BA56 #56BA58

monochromatic

#4C2B6A #6B3D96 #8A56BA #A881CC #C6ADDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#8A56BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#8A56BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A56BA

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A56BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A56BA	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#356CBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#466EB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#826880

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a56ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 86, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.156 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af87cf',
    500: '#8a56ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a56ba;
$custom-light: #af87cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a56ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.2,
    "s": 42.017,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5555,
    "c": 0.15569,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.15604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A56BA

secondary

#B5CBA0

accent

#D25691

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#110B14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A56BA

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

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