#8A56E7#8A56E7

#8A56E7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.209 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A56E7
RGB	rgb(138, 86, 231)
HSL	hsl(262, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(262, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 62.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.29, 52.19, -66.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.29, 84.17, 308.32°)
OKLab	oklab(58.53% 0.0908 -0.1883)
OKLCH	oklch(58.53% 0.209 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.2290, 17.8278, 77.5396)
Luminance	0.1783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A56E7 #B3E756

analogous

#566BE7 #8A56E7 #D256E7

triadic

#8A56E7 #E78A56 #56E78A

tetradic

#8A56E7 #E7566B #B3E756 #56E7D2

square

#8A56E7 #E7566B #B3E756 #56E7D2

split-complementary

#8A56E7 #E7D256 #6BE756

monochromatic

#4D18AA #6520DF #8A56E7 #AF8CEF #D4C1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#8A56E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#8A56E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A56E7

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A56E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A56E7	1.00	4.60	4.57	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#727797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a56e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 86, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.209 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b288ef',
    500: '#8a56e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a56e7;
$custom-light: #b288ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a56e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.517,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5853,
    "c": 0.20906,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A56E7

secondary

#D4E7B2

accent

#D70E8F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A56E7

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

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