#8A56C7#8A56C7

#8A56C7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.171 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A56C7
RGB	rgb(138, 86, 199)
HSL	hsl(268, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(268, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 56.8%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.21, 44.07, -51.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.21, 67.50, 310.75°)
OKLab	oklab(56.36% 0.092 -0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(56.36% 0.171 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.1155, 16.1824, 55.8748)
Luminance	0.1618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A56C7 #93C756

analogous

#565AC7 #8A56C7 #C356C7

triadic

#8A56C7 #C78A56 #56C78A

tetradic

#8A56C7 #C7565A #93C756 #56C7C3

square

#8A56C7 #C7565A #93C756 #56C7C3

split-complementary

#8A56C7 #C7C356 #5AC756

monochromatic

#4E287A #6B38A8 #8A56C7 #AA84D6 #CAB2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#8A56C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#8A56C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A56C7

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A56C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A56C7	1.00	4.96	4.24	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#266FCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B70C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a56c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 86, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.171 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b088d9',
    500: '#8a56c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a56c7;
$custom-light: #b088d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a56c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.611,
    "s": 50.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56357,
    "c": 0.17128,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A56C7

secondary

#BED4A5

accent

#DA4E99

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A56C7

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

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