#8A56D9#8A56D9

#8A56D9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.193 H 298.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A56D9
RGB	rgb(138, 86, 217)
HSL	hsl(264, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(264, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 60.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.35, 48.59, -59.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.35, 76.92, 309.18°)
OKLab	oklab(57.55% 0.0917 -0.1694)
OKLCH	oklch(57.55% 0.193 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3303, 17.0683, 67.5395)
Luminance	0.1707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A56D9 #A5D956

analogous

#5664D9 #8A56D9 #CC56D9

triadic

#8A56D9 #D98A56 #56D98A

tetradic

#8A56D9 #D95664 #A5D956 #56D9CC

square

#8A56D9 #D95664 #A5D956 #56D9CC

split-complementary

#8A56D9 #D9CC56 #64D956

monochromatic

#4F2193 #692CC5 #8A56D9 #AD88E4 #CFBAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#8A56D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#8A56D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A56D9

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A56D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A56D9	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2171D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78728F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a56d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 86, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.193 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b188e5',
    500: '#8a56d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a56d9;
$custom-light: #b188e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a56d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.817,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57548,
    "c": 0.19267,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A56D9

secondary

#CBDFAC

accent

#E641A5

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A56D9

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

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