#8A56E4#8A56E4

#8A56E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.206 H 296.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A56E4
RGB	rgb(138, 86, 228)
HSL	hsl(262, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(262, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 62.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.08, 51.41, -64.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.08, 82.62, 308.48°)
OKLab	oklab(58.32% 0.0911 -0.1843)
OKLCH	oklch(58.32% 0.206 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.8090, 17.6598, 75.3273)
Luminance	0.1766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A56E4 #B0E456

analogous

#5669E4 #8A56E4 #D156E4

triadic

#8A56E4 #E48A56 #56E48A

tetradic

#8A56E4 #E45669 #B0E456 #56E4D1

square

#8A56E4 #E45669 #B0E456 #56E4D1

split-complementary

#8A56E4 #E4D156 #69E456

monochromatic

#4D1AA5 #6623DA #8A56E4 #AF8BEC #D3C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#8A56E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#8A56E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A56E4

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A56E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A56E4	1.00	4.63	4.53	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#747695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a56e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 86, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.206 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b288ed',
    500: '#8a56e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a56e4;
$custom-light: #b288ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a56e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.972,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58316,
    "c": 0.20556,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A56E4

secondary

#D2E5B0

accent

#D5118D

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A56E4

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

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