#8A56E3#8A56E3

#8A56E3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.204 H 296.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A56E3
RGB	rgb(138, 86, 227)
HSL	hsl(262, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(262, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 62.1%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.01, 51.16, -64.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.01, 82.11, 308.54°)
OKLab	oklab(58.25% 0.0912 -0.183)
OKLCH	oklch(58.25% 0.204 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.6706, 17.6044, 74.5983)
Luminance	0.1761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A56E3 #AFE356

analogous

#5669E3 #8A56E3 #D156E3

triadic

#8A56E3 #E38A56 #56E38A

tetradic

#8A56E3 #E35669 #AFE356 #56E3D1

square

#8A56E3 #E35669 #AFE356 #56E3D1

split-complementary

#8A56E3 #E3D156 #69E356

monochromatic

#4D1BA4 #6624D8 #8A56E3 #AE8BEC #D3BFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#8A56E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#8A56E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A56E3

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A56E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A56E3	1.00	4.64	4.52	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#747695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a56e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 86, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.204 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b288ed',
    500: '#8a56e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a56e3;
$custom-light: #b288ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a56e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.128,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58245,
    "c": 0.20441,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A56E3

secondary

#D1E5B0

accent

#D4128C

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A56E3

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

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