#8A56D4#8A56D4

#8A56D4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.187 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A56D4
RGB	rgb(138, 86, 212)
HSL	hsl(265, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(265, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 59.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.02, 47.32, -57.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.02, 74.31, 309.55°)
OKLab	oklab(57.21% 0.0919 -0.1626)
OKLCH	oklch(57.21% 0.187 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.6898, 16.8121, 64.1662)
Luminance	0.1681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A56D4 #A0D456

analogous

#5661D4 #8A56D4 #C956D4

triadic

#8A56D4 #D48A56 #56D48A

tetradic

#8A56D4 #D45661 #A0D456 #56D4C9

square

#8A56D4 #D45661 #A0D456 #56D4C9

split-complementary

#8A56D4 #D4C956 #61D456

monochromatic

#4F248C #6A30BD #8A56D4 #AC87E0 #CEB8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#8A56D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#8A56D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A56D4

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A56D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A56D4	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0672D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A71D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A718D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a56d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 86, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.187 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b188e2',
    500: '#8a56d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a56d4;
$custom-light: #b188e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a56d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.762,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57209,
    "c": 0.18676,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A56D4

secondary

#C7DCAA

accent

#E345A2

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A56D4

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

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