#8A56D8#8A56D8

#8A56D8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.192 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A56D8
RGB	rgb(138, 86, 216)
HSL	hsl(264, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(264, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 60.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.28, 48.34, -59.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.28, 76.40, 309.25°)
OKLab	oklab(57.48% 0.0918 -0.1681)
OKLCH	oklch(57.48% 0.192 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.2006, 17.0164, 66.8566)
Luminance	0.1702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A56D8 #A4D856

analogous

#5663D8 #8A56D8 #CB56D8

triadic

#8A56D8 #D88A56 #56D88A

tetradic

#8A56D8 #D85663 #A4D856 #56D8CB

square

#8A56D8 #D85663 #A4D856 #56D8CB

split-complementary

#8A56D8 #D8CB56 #63D856

monochromatic

#4F2292 #692DC4 #8A56D8 #AC88E3 #CFB9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#8A56D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#8A56D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A56D8

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A56D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A56D8	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2371D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78728F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a56d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 86, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.192 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b188e5',
    500: '#8a56d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a56d8;
$custom-light: #b188e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a56d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5748,
    "c": 0.1915,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A56D8

secondary

#CADEAB

accent

#E642A4

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A56D8

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

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