#8A56EC#8A56EC

#8A56EC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.215 H 294.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A56EC
RGB	rgb(138, 86, 236)
HSL	hsl(261, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(261, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 63.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.63, 53.49, -68.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.63, 86.74, 308.07°)
OKLab	oklab(58.89% 0.0904 -0.1949)
OKLCH	oklch(58.89% 0.215 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9453, 18.1143, 81.3120)
Luminance	0.1812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A56EC #B8EC56

analogous

#566DEC #8A56EC #D556EC

triadic

#8A56EC #EC8A56 #56EC8A

tetradic

#8A56EC #EC566D #B8EC56 #56ECD5

square

#8A56EC #EC566D #B8EC56 #56ECD5

split-complementary

#8A56EC #ECD556 #6DEC56

monochromatic

#4B14B3 #641FE6 #8A56EC #B08DF2 #D6C4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#8A56EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#8A56EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A56EC

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A56EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A56EC	1.00	4.54	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0074E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#707999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a56ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 86, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.215 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b388f3',
    500: '#8a56ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a56ec;
$custom-light: #b388f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a56ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.8,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58892,
    "c": 0.21485,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A56EC

secondary

#D7EAB4

accent

#DC0993

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A56EC

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

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