#8A56BB#8A56BB

#8A56BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.157 H 305.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A56BB
RGB	rgb(138, 86, 187)
HSL	hsl(271, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 54%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.51, 41.14, -45.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.51, 61.20, 312.24°)
OKLab	oklab(55.61% 0.0915 -0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(55.61% 0.157 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.7768, 15.6469, 48.8243)
Luminance	0.1565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A56BB #87BB56

analogous

#5756BB #8A56BB #BB56B9

triadic

#8A56BB #BB8A56 #56BB8A

tetradic

#8A56BB #BB5756 #87BB56 #56B9BB

square

#8A56BB #BB5756 #87BB56 #56B9BB

split-complementary

#8A56BB #B9BB56 #56BB57

monochromatic

#4C2B6B #6B3D97 #8A56BB #A882CD #C6ADDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#8A56BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#8A56BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A56BB

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A56BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A56BB	1.00	5.09	4.13	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#346DBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#456EB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#826980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a56bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 86, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.157 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af87d0',
    500: '#8a56bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a56bb;
$custom-light: #af87d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a56bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.891,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55611,
    "c": 0.15689,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A56BB

secondary

#B6CCA1

accent

#D25592

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#110B14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A56BB

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

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