#8A56D1#8A56D1

#8A56D1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.183 H 300.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A56D1
RGB	rgb(138, 86, 209)
HSL	hsl(265, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(265, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 58.9%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.83, 46.56, -55.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.83, 72.74, 309.80°)
OKLab	oklab(57.01% 0.092 -0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(57.01% 0.183 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.3149, 16.6621, 62.1917)
Luminance	0.1666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A56D1 #9DD156

analogous

#565FD1 #8A56D1 #C756D1

triadic

#8A56D1 #D18A56 #56D18A

tetradic

#8A56D1 #D1565F #9DD156 #56D1C7

square

#8A56D1 #D1565F #9DD156 #56D1C7

split-complementary

#8A56D1 #D1C756 #5FD156

monochromatic

#4F2588 #6B32B8 #8A56D1 #AB86DE #CDB6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#8A56D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#8A56D1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A56D1

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A56D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A56D1	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1271D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F71CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B708B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a56d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 86, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.183 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b088e0',
    500: '#8a56d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a56d1;
$custom-light: #b088e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a56d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.366,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57009,
    "c": 0.1832,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A56D1

secondary

#C5DAA9

accent

#E047A0

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A56D1

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

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