#8A56D5#8A56D5

#8A56D5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.188 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A56D5
RGB	rgb(138, 86, 213)
HSL	hsl(265, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(265, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 59.6%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.09, 47.57, -57.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.09, 74.83, 309.47°)
OKLab	oklab(57.28% 0.0919 -0.164)
OKLCH	oklch(57.28% 0.188 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.8163, 16.8627, 64.8326)
Luminance	0.1686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A56D5 #A1D556

analogous

#5661D5 #8A56D5 #C956D5

triadic

#8A56D5 #D58A56 #56D58A

tetradic

#8A56D5 #D55661 #A1D556 #56D5C9

square

#8A56D5 #D55661 #A1D556 #56D5C9

split-complementary

#8A56D5 #D5C956 #61D556

monochromatic

#4F238D #6A2FBE #8A56D5 #AC87E1 #CEB8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#8A56D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#8A56D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A56D5

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A56D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A56D5	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0172D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2971D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A718D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a56d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 86, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.188 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b188e3',
    500: '#8a56d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a56d5;
$custom-light: #b188e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a56d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.567,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57276,
    "c": 0.18795,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A56D5

secondary

#C8DDAA

accent

#E344A2

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110B15

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A56D5

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

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