#8B56D2#8B56D2

#8B56D2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.185 H 300.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B56D2
RGB	rgb(139, 86, 210)
HSL	hsl(266, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(266, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 59%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.00, 47.05, -56.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.00, 73.27, 309.94°)
OKLab	oklab(57.18% 0.0932 -0.1593)
OKLCH	oklch(57.18% 0.185 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.6053, 16.7975, 62.8535)
Luminance	0.1680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B56D2 #9DD256

analogous

#565FD2 #8B56D2 #C956D2

triadic

#8B56D2 #D28B56 #56D28B

tetradic

#8B56D2 #D2565F #9DD256 #56D2C9

square

#8B56D2 #D2565F #9DD256 #56D2C9

split-complementary

#8B56D2 #D2C956 #5FD256

monochromatic

#4F2589 #6C31B9 #8B56D2 #AC86DF #CDB7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#8B56D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#8B56D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B56D2

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B56D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B56D2	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1071D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F71CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C708C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b56d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 86, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.185 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b188e0',
    500: '#8b56d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b56d2;
$custom-light: #b188e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b56d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.645,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5718,
    "c": 0.18456,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B56D2

secondary

#C5DBA9

accent

#E1479F

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B56D2

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

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