#8A56E5#8A56E5

#8A56E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.207 H 296.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A56E5
RGB	rgb(138, 86, 229)
HSL	hsl(262, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(262, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 62.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.15, 51.67, -65.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.15, 83.14, 308.43°)
OKLab	oklab(58.39% 0.091 -0.1856)
OKLCH	oklch(58.39% 0.207 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.9482, 17.7154, 76.0605)
Luminance	0.1772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A56E5 #B1E556

analogous

#566AE5 #8A56E5 #D156E5

triadic

#8A56E5 #E58A56 #56E58A

tetradic

#8A56E5 #E5566A #B1E556 #56E5D1

square

#8A56E5 #E5566A #B1E556 #56E5D1

split-complementary

#8A56E5 #E5D156 #6AE556

monochromatic

#4D1AA7 #6622DC #8A56E5 #AF8BED #D3C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#8A56E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#8A56E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A56E5

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A56E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A56E5	1.00	4.62	4.54	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#737696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a56e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 86, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.207 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b288ee',
    500: '#8a56e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a56e5;
$custom-light: #b288ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a56e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.818,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58387,
    "c": 0.20674,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A56E5

secondary

#D3E6B1

accent

#D5108E

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A56E5

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

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