#8A56BD#8A56BD

#8A56BD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.159 H 305.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A56BD
RGB	rgb(138, 86, 189)
HSL	hsl(270, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 54.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.62, 41.62, -46.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.62, 62.25, 311.96°)
OKLab	oklab(55.73% 0.0916 -0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(55.73% 0.159 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.9924, 15.7331, 49.9598)
Luminance	0.1573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A56BD #89BD56

analogous

#5756BD #8A56BD #BD56BD

triadic

#8A56BD #BD8A56 #56BD8A

tetradic

#8A56BD #BD5756 #89BD56 #56BDBD

square

#8A56BD #BD5756 #89BD56 #56BDBD

split-complementary

#8A56BD #BDBD56 #56BD57

monochromatic

#4D2B6E #6B3C9A #8A56BD #A882CE #C7AEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#8A56BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#8A56BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A56BD

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A56BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A56BD	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#326DC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#446FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#816981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a56bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 86, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.159 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af87d1',
    500: '#8a56bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a56bd;
$custom-light: #af87d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a56bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.291,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55732,
    "c": 0.1593,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A56BD

secondary

#B7CDA1

accent

#D45493

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#110B14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A56BD

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

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