#8A56C9#8A56C9

#8A56C9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.174 H 302.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A56C9
RGB	rgb(138, 86, 201)
HSL	hsl(267, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(267, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 57.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.33, 44.56, -52.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.33, 68.55, 310.55°)
OKLab	oklab(56.49% 0.092 -0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(56.49% 0.174 302)
XYZ	xyz(24.3492, 16.2758, 57.1058)
Luminance	0.1628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A56C9 #95C956

analogous

#565CC9 #8A56C9 #C456C9

triadic

#8A56C9 #C98A56 #56C98A

tetradic

#8A56C9 #C9565C #95C956 #56C9C4

square

#8A56C9 #C9565C #95C956 #56C9C4

split-complementary

#8A56C9 #C9C456 #5CC956

monochromatic

#4E287D #6B37AB #8A56C9 #AA84D8 #CAB3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#8A56C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#8A56C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A56C9

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A56C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A56C9	1.00	4.94	4.26	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#236FCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3970C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a56c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 86, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.174 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b088da',
    500: '#8a56c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a56c9;
$custom-light: #b088da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a56c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.13,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56485,
    "c": 0.17367,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.16276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A56C9

secondary

#C0D5A6

accent

#DB4D9B

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A56C9

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

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