#8A56EE#8A56EE

#8A56EE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.217 H 294.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A56EE
RGB	rgb(138, 86, 238)
HSL	hsl(261, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(261, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 63.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.78, 54.01, -69.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.78, 87.77, 307.98°)
OKLab	oklab(59.04% 0.0902 -0.1975)
OKLCH	oklch(59.04% 0.217 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.2375, 18.2312, 82.8509)
Luminance	0.1823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A56EE #BAEE56

analogous

#566EEE #8A56EE #D656EE

triadic

#8A56EE #EE8A56 #56EE8A

tetradic

#8A56EE #EE566E #BAEE56 #56EED6

square

#8A56EE #EE566E #BAEE56 #56EED6

split-complementary

#8A56EE #EED656 #6EEE56

monochromatic

#4B12B7 #641EE8 #8A56EE #B08EF4 #D7C5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#8A56EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#8A56EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A56EE

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A56EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A56EE	1.00	4.52	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0074EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F799A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a56ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 86, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.217 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b388f4',
    500: '#8a56ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a56ee;
$custom-light: #b388f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a56ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.526,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59038,
    "c": 0.21716,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A56EE

secondary

#D8EBB5

accent

#DE0795

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A56EE

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

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