#8A56DB#8A56DB

#8A56DB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.195 H 298.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A56DB
RGB	rgb(138, 86, 219)
HSL	hsl(263, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(263, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 60.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.48, 49.10, -60.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.48, 77.96, 309.04°)
OKLab	oklab(57.69% 0.0916 -0.1722)
OKLCH	oklch(57.69% 0.195 298)
XYZ	xyz(26.5920, 17.1730, 68.9178)
Luminance	0.1717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A56DB #A7DB56

analogous

#5664DB #8A56DB #CD56DB

triadic

#8A56DB #DB8A56 #56DB8A

tetradic

#8A56DB #DB5664 #A7DB56 #56DBCD

square

#8A56DB #DB5664 #A7DB56 #56DBCD

split-complementary

#8A56DB #DBCD56 #64DB56

monochromatic

#4E2097 #692BC9 #8A56DB #AD88E6 #D0BBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#8A56DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#8A56DB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A56DB

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A56DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A56DB	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D72D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#777390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a56db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 86, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.195 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b188e7',
    500: '#8a56db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a56db;
$custom-light: #b188e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a56db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.459,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57686,
    "c": 0.19503,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.17173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A56DB

secondary

#CCE0AD

accent

#E840A6

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A56DB

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

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