#8A56CD#8A56CD

#8A56CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.178 H 301.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A56CD
RGB	rgb(138, 86, 205)
HSL	hsl(266, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(266, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 58%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.58, 45.56, -54.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.58, 70.65, 310.16°)
OKLab	oklab(56.75% 0.092 -0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(56.75% 0.178 301)
XYZ	xyz(24.8259, 16.4665, 59.6162)
Luminance	0.1647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A56CD #99CD56

analogous

#565ECD #8A56CD #C556CD

triadic

#8A56CD #CD8A56 #56CD8A

tetradic

#8A56CD #CD565E #99CD56 #56CDC5

square

#8A56CD #CD565E #99CD56 #56CDC5

split-complementary

#8A56CD #CDC556 #5ECD56

monochromatic

#4F2682 #6B34B1 #8A56CD #AB85DB #CBB4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#8A56CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#8A56CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A56CD

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A56CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A56CD	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C70D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3470CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C6E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a56cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 86, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.178 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b088dd',
    500: '#8a56cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a56cd;
$custom-light: #b088dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a56cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.218,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56745,
    "c": 0.17844,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.16467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A56CD

secondary

#C2D8A7

accent

#DE4A9D

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A56CD

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

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