#8B56CE#8B56CE

#8B56CE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.180 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B56CE
RGB	rgb(139, 86, 206)
HSL	hsl(267, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(267, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 58.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.75, 46.04, -54.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.75, 71.18, 310.30°)
OKLab	oklab(56.92% 0.0933 -0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(56.92% 0.18 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.1132, 16.6007, 60.2617)
Luminance	0.1660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B56CE #99CE56

analogous

#565DCE #8B56CE #C756CE

triadic

#8B56CE #CE8B56 #56CE8B

tetradic

#8B56CE #CE565D #99CE56 #56CEC7

square

#8B56CE #CE565D #99CE56 #56CEC7

split-complementary

#8B56CE #CEC756 #5DCE56

monochromatic

#4F2683 #6C34B3 #8B56CE #AC85DC #CCB5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#8B56CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#8B56CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B56CE

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B56CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B56CE	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B71D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3471CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D6F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b56ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 86, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.180 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b188de',
    500: '#8b56ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b56ce;
$custom-light: #b188de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b56ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56916,
    "c": 0.17983,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B56CE

secondary

#C3D8A8

accent

#DE499D

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B56CE

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

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