#8A56C8#8A56C8

#8A56C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.172 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A56C8
RGB	rgb(138, 86, 200)
HSL	hsl(267, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(267, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 57%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.27, 44.31, -51.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.27, 68.03, 310.65°)
OKLab	oklab(56.42% 0.092 -0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(56.42% 0.172 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.2319, 16.2289, 56.4883)
Luminance	0.1623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A56C8 #94C856

analogous

#565BC8 #8A56C8 #C356C8

triadic

#8A56C8 #C88A56 #56C88A

tetradic

#8A56C8 #C8565B #94C856 #56C8C3

square

#8A56C8 #C8565B #94C856 #56C8C3

split-complementary

#8A56C8 #C8C356 #5BC856

monochromatic

#4E287B #6B37AA #8A56C8 #AA84D7 #CAB2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#8A56C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#8A56C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A56C8

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A56C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A56C8	1.00	4.95	4.25	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#256FCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A70C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a56c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 86, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.172 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b088d9',
    500: '#8a56c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a56c8;
$custom-light: #b088d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a56c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.368,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56421,
    "c": 0.17248,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A56C8

secondary

#BFD4A5

accent

#DA4D9A

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A56C8

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

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