#8B56E6#8B56E6

#8B56E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.208 H 296.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B56E6
RGB	rgb(139, 86, 230)
HSL	hsl(262, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(262, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 62.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.32, 52.14, -65.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.32, 83.65, 308.56°)
OKLab	oklab(58.56% 0.0922 -0.1864)
OKLCH	oklch(58.56% 0.208 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.2545, 17.8572, 76.8057)
Luminance	0.1786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B56E6 #B1E656

analogous

#5669E6 #8B56E6 #D356E6

triadic

#8B56E6 #E68B56 #56E68B

tetradic

#8B56E6 #E65669 #B1E656 #56E6D3

square

#8B56E6 #E65669 #B1E656 #56E6D3

split-complementary

#8B56E6 #E6D356 #69E656

monochromatic

#4E19A9 #6621DE #8B56E6 #B08BEE #D4C1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#8B56E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#8B56E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B56E6

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B56E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B56E6	1.00	4.59	4.57	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#747796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b56e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 86, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.208 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b388ef',
    500: '#8b56e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b56e6;
$custom-light: #b388ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b56e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.083,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58558,
    "c": 0.20799,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B56E6

secondary

#D3E6B1

accent

#D60F8D

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B56E6

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

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