#8B56DB#8B56DB

#8B56DB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.195 H 298.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B56DB
RGB	rgb(139, 86, 219)
HSL	hsl(264, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(264, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 60.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.58, 49.32, -60.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.58, 77.96, 309.25°)
OKLab	oklab(57.79% 0.0929 -0.1716)
OKLCH	oklch(57.79% 0.195 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.7582, 17.2587, 68.9256)
Luminance	0.1726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B56DB #A6DB56

analogous

#5663DB #8B56DB #CE56DB

triadic

#8B56DB #DB8B56 #56DB8B

tetradic

#8B56DB #DB5663 #A6DB56 #56DBCE

square

#8B56DB #DB5663 #A6DB56 #56DBCE

split-complementary

#8B56DB #DBCE56 #63DB56

monochromatic

#4F2097 #6A2BC9 #8B56DB #AE88E6 #D0BBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#8B56DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#8B56DB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B56DB

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B56DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B56DB	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F72D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#797390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b56db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 86, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.195 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b288e7',
    500: '#8b56db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b56db;
$custom-light: #b288e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b56db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.91,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57788,
    "c": 0.19516,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B56DB

secondary

#CCE0AD

accent

#E840A5

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B56DB

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

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