#8A56CE#8A56CE

#8A56CE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.180 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A56CE
RGB	rgb(138, 86, 206)
HSL	hsl(266, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(266, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 58.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.64, 45.81, -54.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.64, 71.17, 310.06°)
OKLab	oklab(56.81% 0.092 -0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(56.81% 0.18 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.9470, 16.5149, 60.2540)
Luminance	0.1651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A56CE #9ACE56

analogous

#565ECE #8A56CE #C656CE

triadic

#8A56CE #CE8A56 #56CE8A

tetradic

#8A56CE #CE565E #9ACE56 #56CEC6

square

#8A56CE #CE565E #9ACE56 #56CEC6

split-complementary

#8A56CE #CEC656 #5ECE56

monochromatic

#4F2683 #6B34B3 #8A56CE #AB85DC #CCB5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#8A56CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#8A56CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A56CE

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A56CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A56CE	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A70D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3370CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C6F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a56ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 86, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.180 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b088de',
    500: '#8a56ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a56ce;
$custom-light: #b088de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a56ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5681,
    "c": 0.17963,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A56CE

secondary

#C3D8A8

accent

#DE499E

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A56CE

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

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