#8B56E7#8B56E7

#8B56E7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.209 H 296.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B56E7
RGB	rgb(139, 86, 231)
HSL	hsl(262, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(262, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 62.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.39, 52.39, -65.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.39, 84.16, 308.50°)
OKLab	oklab(58.63% 0.0922 -0.1877)
OKLCH	oklch(58.63% 0.209 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.3953, 17.9135, 77.5474)
Luminance	0.1791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B56E7 #B2E756

analogous

#566AE7 #8B56E7 #D456E7

triadic

#8B56E7 #E78B56 #56E78B

tetradic

#8B56E7 #E7566A #B2E756 #56E7D4

square

#8B56E7 #E7566A #B2E756 #56E7D4

split-complementary

#8B56E7 #E7D456 #6AE756

monochromatic

#4E18AA #6620DF #8B56E7 #B08CEF #D5C1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#8B56E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#8B56E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B56E7

4.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B56E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B56E7	1.00	4.58	4.58	4.58
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#747797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b56e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 86, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.209 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b388ef',
    500: '#8b56e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b56e7;
$custom-light: #b388ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b56e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.931,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5863,
    "c": 0.20915,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B56E7

secondary

#D4E7B2

accent

#D70E8E

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B56E7

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

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