#8A56DD#8A56DD

#8A56DD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.197 H 297.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A56DD
RGB	rgb(138, 86, 221)
HSL	hsl(263, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(263, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 61.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.61, 49.61, -61.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.61, 79.00, 308.90°)
OKLab	oklab(57.82% 0.0915 -0.1749)
OKLCH	oklch(57.82% 0.197 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.8569, 17.2789, 70.3128)
Luminance	0.1728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A56DD #A9DD56

analogous

#5666DD #8A56DD #CD56DD

triadic

#8A56DD #DD8A56 #56DD8A

tetradic

#8A56DD #DD5666 #A9DD56 #56DDCD

square

#8A56DD #DD5666 #A9DD56 #56DDCD

split-complementary

#8A56DD #DDCD56 #66DD56

monochromatic

#4E1F9A #6829CD #8A56DD #AD89E7 #D1BCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#8A56DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#8A56DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A56DD

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A56DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A56DD	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1772DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a56dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 86, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.197 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b188e8',
    500: '#8a56dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a56dd;
$custom-light: #b188e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a56dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.111,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57824,
    "c": 0.19738,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A56DD

secondary

#CDE1AE

accent

#CE1788

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A56DD

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

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