#8B56E5#8B56E5

#8B56E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.207 H 296.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B56E5
RGB	rgb(139, 86, 229)
HSL	hsl(262, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(262, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 62.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.25, 51.88, -64.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.25, 83.13, 308.61°)
OKLab	oklab(58.49% 0.0923 -0.1851)
OKLCH	oklch(58.49% 0.207 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1144, 17.8012, 76.0683)
Luminance	0.1780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B56E5 #B0E556

analogous

#5669E5 #8B56E5 #D356E5

triadic

#8B56E5 #E58B56 #56E58B

tetradic

#8B56E5 #E55669 #B0E556 #56E5D3

square

#8B56E5 #E55669 #B0E556 #56E5D3

split-complementary

#8B56E5 #E5D356 #69E556

monochromatic

#4E1AA7 #6722DC #8B56E5 #AF8BED #D4C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#8B56E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#8B56E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B56E5

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B56E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B56E5	1.00	4.60	4.56	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#757696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b56e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 86, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.207 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b388ee',
    500: '#8b56e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b56e5;
$custom-light: #b388ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b56e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.238,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58487,
    "c": 0.20683,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B56E5

secondary

#D2E6B1

accent

#D5108C

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B56E5

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

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