#8A56E2#8A56E2

#8A56E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.203 H 296.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A56E2
RGB	rgb(138, 86, 226)
HSL	hsl(262, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(262, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 61.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.94, 50.90, -63.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.94, 81.59, 308.60°)
OKLab	oklab(58.17% 0.0912 -0.1816)
OKLCH	oklch(58.17% 0.203 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5329, 17.5493, 73.8735)
Luminance	0.1755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A56E2 #AEE256

analogous

#5668E2 #8A56E2 #D056E2

triadic

#8A56E2 #E28A56 #56E28A

tetradic

#8A56E2 #E25668 #AEE256 #56E2D0

square

#8A56E2 #E25668 #AEE256 #56E2D0

split-complementary

#8A56E2 #E2D056 #68E256

monochromatic

#4E1CA2 #6725D6 #8A56E2 #AE8AEB #D2BEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#8A56E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#8A56E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A56E2

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A56E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A56E2	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#747594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a56e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 86, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.203 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b288ec',
    500: '#8a56e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a56e2;
$custom-light: #b288ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a56e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.286,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58174,
    "c": 0.20324,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A56E2

secondary

#D1E4B0

accent

#D3138B

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A56E2

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

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