#8A56D6#8A56D6

#8A56D6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.189 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A56D6
RGB	rgb(138, 86, 214)
HSL	hsl(264, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(264, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 59.8%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.15, 47.83, -58.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.15, 75.35, 309.40°)
OKLab	oklab(57.34% 0.0918 -0.1653)
OKLCH	oklch(57.34% 0.189 299)
XYZ	xyz(25.9436, 16.9136, 65.5031)
Luminance	0.1691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A56D6 #A2D656

analogous

#5662D6 #8A56D6 #CA56D6

triadic

#8A56D6 #D68A56 #56D68A

tetradic

#8A56D6 #D65662 #A2D656 #56D6CA

square

#8A56D6 #D65662 #A2D656 #56D6CA

split-complementary

#8A56D6 #D6CA56 #62D656

monochromatic

#4F238F #6A2FC0 #8A56D6 #AC87E2 #CEB9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#8A56D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#8A56D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A56D6

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A56D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A56D6	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2771D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79718E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a56d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 86, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.189 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b188e3',
    500: '#8a56d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a56d6;
$custom-light: #b188e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a56d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.375,
    "s": 60.952,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57344,
    "c": 0.18913,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.16914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A56D6

secondary

#C9DDAB

accent

#E444A3

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A56D6

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

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