#8B56E1#8B56E1

#8B56E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.202 H 297.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B56E1
RGB	rgb(139, 86, 225)
HSL	hsl(263, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(263, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.2%, 61.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.98, 50.85, -63.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.98, 81.07, 308.85°)
OKLab	oklab(58.21% 0.0926 -0.1797)
OKLCH	oklch(58.21% 0.202 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5624, 17.5803, 73.1608)
Luminance	0.1758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B56E1 #ACE156

analogous

#5666E1 #8B56E1 #D156E1

triadic

#8B56E1 #E18B56 #56E18B

tetradic

#8B56E1 #E15666 #ACE156 #56E1D1

square

#8B56E1 #E15666 #ACE156 #56E1D1

split-complementary

#8B56E1 #E1D156 #66E156

monochromatic

#4F1CA0 #6826D4 #8B56E1 #AF8AEA #D2BEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#8B56E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#8B56E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B56E1

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B56E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B56E1	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B73DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b56e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 86, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.202 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b288eb',
    500: '#8b56e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b56e1;
$custom-light: #b288eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b56e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.878,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58205,
    "c": 0.20217,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B56E1

secondary

#D0E4AF

accent

#D21489

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B56E1

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

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