#8B56DD#8B56DD

#8B56DD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.198 H 298.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B56DD
RGB	rgb(139, 86, 221)
HSL	hsl(264, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(264, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 61.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.72, 49.83, -61.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.72, 79.00, 309.11°)
OKLab	oklab(57.93% 0.0928 -0.1743)
OKLCH	oklch(57.93% 0.198 298)
XYZ	xyz(27.0231, 17.3646, 70.3206)
Luminance	0.1736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B56DD #A8DD56

analogous

#5664DD #8B56DD #CF56DD

triadic

#8B56DD #DD8B56 #56DD8B

tetradic

#8B56DD #DD5664 #A8DD56 #56DDCF

square

#8B56DD #DD5664 #A8DD56 #56DDCF

split-complementary

#8B56DD #DDCF56 #64DD56

monochromatic

#4F1F9A #6929CD #8B56DD #AE89E7 #D1BCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#8B56DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#8B56DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B56DD

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B56DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B56DD	1.00	4.69	4.47	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A72DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b56dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 86, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.198 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b288e8',
    500: '#8b56dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b56dd;
$custom-light: #b288e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b56dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.556,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57926,
    "c": 0.1975,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.17365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B56DD

secondary

#CDE1AE

accent

#CE1786

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B56DD

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

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